The second anniversary of Telangana Formation Day scheduled on June 2 would be different this year in more ways than one as the government has directed the officials up to village-level on the programmes to be taken up by them including organising special prayers seeking welfare of the people and development of the State in all places of worship.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday directed the officials to organise the second anniversary fete on a grand scale so that festive atmosphere was reflected everywhere. In a review meeting held with some members of the Cabinet-Sub Committee on the celebrations, he said the families of Telangana martyrs should be felicitated at meetings to be held as part of the celebrations.
In Hyderabad, the fete would be attended by Governor, Chief Minister, Ministers, officials and other elected representatives, and in districts, the meetings would be attended by Ministers, Collectors and other dignitaries.
Mr. Rao told the officials to give life achievement awards for accomplishments in different fields to 50 individuals at State-level and 25 each at district-level.
The Chief Minister directed the officials to illuminate and tastefully decorate all government installations including arranging hoardings and banners. Festive atmosphere should also be seen in industrial units, hospitals, hotels, malls, cinema halls and other public places. In Hyderabad, banners should be arranged at the airport, railway/bus stations. Besides, fruits should be distributed to patients in hospitals and fruits, sweets and non-vegetarian food should be arranged to the inmates of destitute homes and schools for the visually-challenged. Organising blood donation camps, conducting special prayers for welfare and development of the State in all places of worship, holding ‘kavi sammelans and mushairas’ in Telugu and Urdu with State formation as the theme would also be part of this year’s celebrations. Decoration of martyrs’ pylons and Telangana Talli statues, essay writing and elocution competitions to students, distribution of sweets in cities, towns, mandal centres and villages and special firecrackers’ show on the Tank Bund would also be held.
