Tribal student Banothu Vennela to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

Santhosh Kumar congratulated Vennela and announced a financial assistance of Rs.3 lakh and assured he would extend all support to her in the future.

Hyderabad: Before she set out on her mission of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania from January 19, tribal student Banoth Vennela called upon on Rajya Sabha member J Santosh Kumar and took his blessings at Pragati Bhavan.

“We are a tribal family from Somavaram Peta village in Machareddy Mandal of Kamareddy District and I have liked mountain climbing since childhood,” Vennela said, adding that she was aiming at climbing 5895 metre-mountain in Africa from January 19. She also had plans of climbing Mount Everest (8840 metres) in the future.

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Santhosh Kumar congratulated Vennela and announced a financial assistance of Rs.3 lakh and assured he would extend all support to her in the future. He hoped Vennela would bring laurels to the State and to India .

Founder member of Green India Challenge Raghava was also present.