Naidu calls for Telugu unity, river interlinking at World Mahasabhalu

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Monday made a beardown transportation for Telugu unity, stream interlinking, and language-driven taste assurance portion addressing a monolithic gathering connected the concluding time of the 3rd World Telugu Mahasabhalu successful Guntur.

The three-day event, organised by the Andhra Saraswatha Parishath, drew delegates from astir 40 countries, reflecting the planetary beingness and power of Telugu-speaking communities.

Declaring that the level was not political, Mr. Naidu said helium would talk lone astir unity. “Telugu radical whitethorn unrecorded successful 2 States, but Telugu is our communal parent tongue. There should beryllium nary animosity betwixt the Telugu States. Whether it is h2o oregon cooperation, we indispensable basal together,” helium asserted. He reiterated his committedness to making the Telugu assemblage “number 1 successful the world” done unity, cooperation, and confidence.

On h2o resources, the Chief Minister advocated interlinking the Krishna and Godavari rivers and yet connecting each large rivers successful Andhra Pradesh. Recalling his erstwhile tenures, helium said projects specified arsenic SLBC and SRBC had enabled the usage of Nagarjuna Sagar waters, portion the Kalwakurthy Lift, AMRP, Nettempadu and different schemes were completed during his earlier term. He noted that modernising the Krishna Delta helped conserve h2o and facilitated the Bheema Lift Irrigation Project, portion projects similar Gutpa, Alisagar and Devadula were taken up connected the Godavari.

Citing the occurrence of the Pattiseema project, which ensured h2o for the Krishna Delta, helium said astir 3,000 TMC of Godavari waters inactive travel wastefully into the oversea each year. Andhra Pradesh, helium added, had ne'er objected to Telangana’s usage of Godavari waters oregon its operation of the Kaleshwaram project.

Emphasising connection and culture, Mr. Naidu described the Mahasabhalu arsenic a tribute to the parent tongue. Expressing pridefulness that Telugu is 1 of the six classical languages, helium said it is spoken by implicit 10 crore radical worldwide. Recalling literate greats from Kavitrayam and the Ashtadiggajas to Gurajada, Sri Sri, and Dasarathi, helium said Telugu’s richness lies successful its poetry, proverbs, dialects, and traditions. He credited Annamacharya, Vengamamba, and Molla for enriching devotional lit and remembered Jnanpith awardees Viswanatha Satyanarayana, C. Narayana Reddy, and Ravuri Bharadwaja for their publication to modern Telugu letters.

Responding to a petition by Andhra Saraswatha Parishath president Ghazal Srinivas, the Chief Minister announced that teachers attending the Mahasabhalu would beryllium treated arsenic connected duty. He assured afloat enactment for the promotion of the parent lingua and said the authorities would see appointing tribunal poets and scholars successful temples.

Mr. Naidu besides announced the constitution of a Telugu University named aft Potti Sriramulu successful Rajamahendravaram. He stressed that exertion would not erase Telugu but service arsenic a instrumentality to sphere and beforehand it. Welcoming the determination to clasp the 4th World Telugu Mahasabhalu successful Mauritius, helium praised the Andhra Saraswatha Parishath for its continued work to the Telugu connection and identity.

The lawsuit was attended by Goa Governor Ashok Gajapathi Raju, A.P. Assembly Speaker Chintakayala Ayyannapatrudu, Union Minister of State for Rural Development Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, and different dignitaries. The Chief Minister received a accepted welcome.