Workers of Singareni Collieries will get a 17 per cent special incentive, as per an announcement made by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today.

In a statement, he said Rs 60.91 crore would be disbursed before the Dasara festival to the workers. He was responding to a request made by Civil Supplies Minister D. Sreedhar Babu and MLC Venkata Rao.

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