rrigation Minister T. Harish Rao called upon the people to follow the path shown by Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar as a true tribute to the leader.
Participating in the birth anniversary celebrations of Dr. Ambedkar held in Sangareddy on Thursday, Mr. Rao said that plans were ready to provide KG to PG education, and cosmetic charges for students would be increased from the next academic year. Informing that all the SC, ST and BC schools would be residential schools in the future, he said that as much as 1,236 acres was extended to Dalits at a cost of Rs. 70 crore.
“We are providing only cultivable land to the Dalits and no other land is being procured. Medak district stood first in the State in providing land to Dalits,” he said, adding that as much as Rs. 400 crore was sanctioned for implementing the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme. Stating that as many as 11 minority residential schools were sanctioned for Medak district out of 70 sanctioned in the State, the Minister said that minorities should use the opportunity being provided by the government.
The Minister also distributed 123.39 acres of land to Dalits on this occasion. He also announced sanctioning of Phule Bhavan to Sangareddy, and two degree residential colleges.
MP B.B. Patil, MLA Chinta Prabhakar and others participated in the programme.
‘Govt. committed to justice’
Warangal Special Correspondent adds: District Collector Vakati Karuna exhorted people to remember the life and works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution.
Taking part in Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations here on Thursday, the Collector said it was his wish to build a socially equal society, and ensured special provisions to certain communities to empower them. The visionary should be remembered and one should strive to perpetuate ideals of Dr. Ambedkar for the next generation, he said.
City Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu lauded the contributions of Dr. Ambedkar and wanted people to build a good career. MLA D. Vinay Bhaskar said his government was committed for justice to all communities and would follow the ideals of B.R. Ambedkar in letter and spirit.
Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy district president M. Jithender, garlanding the statue of Dr. Ambedkar at Babu camp colony in Kazipet, said it was delightful to note that the U.N. has declared his birth anniversary as World Knowledge Day.
A similar function was held at Kakatiya University, NPDCL head office, TSRTC, CITU and various other organisation across the district.
Statue garlanded
Nizamabad Special Correspondent adds: The 125th birth anniversary of the architect of the Indian Constitution was celebrated on a grand scale across the district on Thursday. All sections of people, including political parties and organisations, paid rich tributes to him by garlanding his statue at Phulong chowrasta here.
Minister for Agriculture Pocharam Srinivas Reddy led the elected representatives and officials in paying homage to Dr. Ambedkar. At an official function held at Rajiv Gandhi Auditorium, he described Ambedkar as a social revolutionary and messiah of the oppressed. The drafting committee of the Constitution led by him had given one of the best statutes in the world, he said.
Zilla Parishad chairman D. Raju, Mayor Akula Sujatha, MLCs V.G. Goud, Akula Lalitha and R. Bhoopathi Reddy, Collector Yogitha Rana, Joint Collector A. Ravinder Reddy, Superintendent of Police S. Chandrashekar Reddy and others spoke on the occasion. Local MLA Bigala Gasnesh Gupta presided over the meeting.
Earlier, they all garlanded the statue of Dr. Ambedkar at Phulong chowrasta and his portrait at the auditorium. They also distributed cash benefits to couples who entered into inter-caste wedlock and also other beneficiaries. In a separate programme, Telangana University students wearing special robes took out a rally from the varsity campus at Dichpally to Ambedkar statue where registrar Prof. R. Limbadri and principal Prof. P. Kanakaiah paid homage.
Ambedkar was a social revolutionary and messiah of the oppressed, says Pocharam Reddy
