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Hyderabad
A wide spectrum of elder journalists, writers, poets and societal activists person urged the Telangana authorities to rename the Sriramsagar Project (SRSP) Phase-II canal aft Telangana Armed Struggle elephantine Bheemireddy Narasimha Reddy, who spearheaded the conflict for bringing Godavari h2o to the drought-prone regions of Telangana.
A round-table organised astatine the Press Club successful Hyderabad by ‘BN Thought Forum”, chaired by Sakshi editorial manager Vardelli Murali and Telangana Sahitya Academy president Juluru Gowrishankar, connected Wednesday, unanimously resolved that the authorities indispensable revisit its determination connected the canal’s naming arsenic it would beryllium a fitting tribute to the self-less fighter.
Speakers recalled that Bheemireddy fought relentlessly successful undivided Andhra Pradesh to guarantee irrigation for 4.40 lakh acres successful Khammam, Warangal and Nalgonda districts nether SRSP Phase-II. They said it was his “vision and struggle” that enabled Godavari waters to alteration arid lands, making him the rightful fig to beryllium honoured.
Speakers criticised what they described arsenic the government’s “failure to recognise Telangana’s ain history”, and said the neglect of B.N.’s bequest was unjust.
Kottagattu Mallayya, an SRSP activist, noted that radical person agelong referred to the canal arsenic “B.N. Reddy Canal” owed to his prolonged combat successful Parliament arsenic good arsenic connected the ground.
Senior journalists Katta Shekhar Reddy and Tankashala Ashok said it was unfortunate that Telangana lacked memorials for its revolutionary struggles, portion governmental parties remained silent, and that omission of B.N.’s sanction a “distortion of history”.
Prof. Vinayak Reddy called for inclusion of Telangana Armed Struggle past successful the syllabus and constitution of a B.N. memorial successful Hyderabad. MLC Goreti Venkanna said forgetting B.N.’s publication was equivalent to “betraying Telangana”. Director N. Shankar urged the authorities to nutrient a movie connected B.N. done the Film Development Corporation (FDC). Senior jouranlists Allam Narayana, Ramachandra Murthy, R. Dileep Reddy, K Srinivas, S Vijay Kumar Reddy, R Ravikanth Reddy were among who spoke.
The gathering decided that each resolutions volition beryllium conveyed to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, with territory ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy urged to pb the effort. Demands adopted astatine the gathering see renaming SRSP Phase-II canal aft Bheemireddy Narasimha Reddy, renaming Suryapet territory aft him, establishing a Bheemireddy Knowledge & Research Centre astatine Suryapet with 20 acres, mounting up a Telangana Armed Struggle Memorial and Research Centre and installing a B.N. statue connected Tank Bund.
