Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender called upon all sections of society to play a responsible role in achieving the goal of cent per cent literacy in Karimnagar district.
Participating in an awareness meeting on total literacy programme with the elected representatives of Zilla Parishad and the district officials here on Saturday, he asked the public representatives, youth organisations, Asha workers, government employees and NGOs to play an active role in achieving cent per cent literacy. Karimnagar MP B. Vinod Kumar said that the district was ranked very low in literacy rate and urged upon the officials to take concrete measures to achieve the goal of at least 80 per cent literacy by 2017 in the district. Stating that the district was having 64 per cent literacy, Collector Neetu Prasad said that they had decided to conduct fresh survey in each village to identify illiterates and neo-literates to launch special literacy drive. Earlier, the Minister along with Chief Whip Koppula Eshwar, and others laid foundation stone for the construction of modern Zilla Parishad office building along with conference hall at the existing structure at a cost of Rs 5 crore.