Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam employee Dande Venkata Nagaraju received Sramasakthi award from Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at a function organised coinciding with May Day celebrations. Temple Executive Officer Ch. Narsing Rao and others congratulated him for achievement.
Mr. Raju has been serving as president of Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam all Cadres Employees Union since 2001 and worked in various capacities of TNTUC.
He also served as vice president of AP State Temple Employees Federation from 2008 to 2009 and again reelected in 2014. Mr. Raju is also secretary of Sri Durga Malleswara Swmayvarla Devasthanam Cooperative Building Society Ltd from 2005 and president of Mathru Seva Charitable Trust since 2003.
TNTUC Vijayawada Urban president Boyina Subramanyam also received the award from the chief minister. Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) and others congratulated him at Kesineni Bhavan.