Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was accorded a warm welcome by the district TRS leaders, elected representatives, officials and others during his visit to Karimnagar on Wednesday evening.
The Chief Minister was in the town to conduct aerial and field inspections of Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project work in Jayashankar Bhupalapalli, Peddapalli, Rajanna-Sircilla, Karimnagar and Jagtial districts on Thursday and Friday. He would conduct his aerial survey from Tupakulagudem in Eturunagaram, Medigadda and visit Sundilla, Goliwada and other package works in Peddapalli district on Thursday. He would halt for the night at NTPC guest house in Ramagundam on Thursday.
On Friday, he would conduct aerial survey of Mid-Manair Dam, SRSP flood flow canal reversal pump sites and also conduct review meeting with officials at Laxmipur village tunnel work in Ramadugu mandal in Karimnagar district before leaving to Hyderabad.
Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Eatala Rajender, MP B Vinod Kumar, legislators G Kamalakar, R Balakishan, V Satish Babu, B Shoba, MLCs N Laxman Rao and T Bhanu Prasad, Mayor S Ravinder Singh, Collector Sarfaraz Ahmad, Commissioner of Police VB Kamalasan Reddy, DIG Ravi Verma and others welcomed the Chief Minister.
Security stepped up
In the wake of an encounter of seven Maoists in Maharashtra on Wednesday, the police have stepped up security arrangements for Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s three-day visit to Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Jayashankar Bhupalapalli and Jagtial districts.
Sensing possible intrusion of Maoists following pressure from the neighbouring Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh States, the Telangana authorities have intensified the security arrangements all along the borders and shores of river Godavari. Already, the district guards’ police have conducted combing operations since the last few days in Mahadevpur and Manthani forest areas.
The naxalites are observing Peoples Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) Week and Koyyur encounter anniversary from December 2.
