Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to shift all new universities, institutions and information technology companies to Warangal as Hyderabad was clogged for place.
The step will double the population of Warangal town in a few years. The objective was to create infrastructure for a population of 20 lakh in Warangal, Mr. Rao said at a meeting at the district Collectorate to discuss the condition of roads and development of junctions in the town, conduct of Kakatiya festival and the construction of a textile park near Kazipet. The meeting was held after an aerial survey of Warangal and its surroundings by Mr. Rao.
He also decided that widening of roads up to 150 ft should be taken up from Rampur to Hanamkonda crossroads and on the highway up to Dharmaram via Pochamma maidan. A similar widening must take place on Hunter Road and National Institute of Technology – Kakatiya University campus and Peddamma gadda stretch. Walking and bicycle paths should be constructed along them.
The highway to Karimnagar should be extended up to Kadipikonda, Hunter Road and road over bridge that could be reached from Kazipet railway station.
Multilevel separators should come up at police headquarters, Mulug road and Pochamma maidan junctions.
Mr. Rao felt that the Kakatiya festival to showcase the rich heritage of Kakatiya dynasty should be held in February or March. The festival should not be confined to Warangal but held in all districts of Telangana and Golconda fort also because it was constructed by the dynasty. Lakhnavaram, Ramappa, Ghanpur, Pakala and other lakes should be colourfully decorated for the festival and wrestling and boat competitions held there.
The descendents of Kakatiyas, mainly Kamalchandra Bhanj Dev who is residing in Bastar of Chhattisgarh, should be officially invited for the festival. The glory of Perini dance should be restored. The festival should be conducted on the lines of Dassera in Mysore. The Chief Minister, Ministers, MPs and MLAs should stay in the town one day.
Mr. Rao said a resolution seeking the portrait of Rani Rudrama Devi in Assembly would be moved. It will figure like the one of Jhansi Rani in Parliament. Festivals would also be organised in memory of Pothana and Somanadri. A memorial would be constructed in the four acre agricultural field that was tilled by Bammera.
A pylon to symbolise Mission Kakatiya would be constructed at Waddepally in Hanamkonda.
