12th formation day celebrated across erstwhile Adilabad

The 12th Telangana Formation Day was celebrated across the erstwhile Adilabad district with flag hoisting, tributes to Telangana martyrs and cultural programmes. Government representatives highlighted welfare initiatives, including Griha Jyothi, Rythu Bharosa and the Indiramma Housing Scheme

Adilabad: The 12th Telangana Formation Day was celebrated on a grand note across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday.

Md Shabbir Ali and Harkara Venugopal, advisors to the Telangana government, Vemula Veeresham, Government Whip, and Dr Banda Prakash, Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council, unfurled the National Flag to mark the occasion in Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts, respectively. They paid floral tributes to the heroes of the separate Telangana statehood movement and recalled their sacrifices.

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Ali said the government was conducting the 99-day-long Pragathi Palana-Pragathi Pranalika programme as a movement. He stated that 10 sectors had been given paramount importance under the programme. He noted that, on average, 40,000 women were availing the free bus travel facility in the district every day. He added that 1.02 lakh women had benefited under the Griha Jyothi scheme.

The advisor further said that 1,845 of the 16,759 houses sanctioned under the Indiramma Housing Scheme had been completed in the district so far. Beneficiaries of the initiative had received Rs 261 crore. More than 3 lakh farmers had benefited under Rythu Bharosa, while 368 farmers had received financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh under the Rythu Bheema scheme. A total of 150 self-help groups received loans worth Rs 9.34 crore.

Cultural programmes were held to mark the occasion. MPs Peddapalli Vamsi Krishna and G Nagesh, local legislators, Collectors Rajarshi Shah, Kumar Deepak, Bhavesh Mishra and K Haritha, Superintendents of Police Akhil Mahajan, Dr Janaki Sharmila, A Bhaskar and Nitika Pant, along with several other district officials, took part in the event.