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WARANGAL
Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has reiterated that determination was nary strategy successful spot for designating the Medaram Sammakka-Sarakka (Saralamma) mega jatara oregon immoderate different festival oregon just arsenic a nationalist festival. He, however, assured that helium would guarantee allocation of funds from the Union Tribal Welfare Ministry oregon the Tourism Ministry for the jatara.
Addressing the media during a sojourn to Warangal connected Saturday, Mr. Kishan Reddy reminded that ₹18 crore had been allocated by the Centre erstwhile helium was the Union Tourism Minister. “I volition strive to get funds sanctioned for the Medaram jatara this year. The Endowments Minister besides submitted a missive to me, which volition beryllium transferred to the Centre,” helium said.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had demanded that the Central authorities recognise Medaram biennial jatara, Asia’s biggest tribal congregation, arsenic a nationalist festival and allocate capable funds to organise the prestigious event, owed successful January adjacent year, connected a expansive scale.
Mr. Kishan Reddy, however, said, “There is nary specified strategy to state immoderate festival oregon spiritual lawsuit arsenic a nationalist festival. Even the Ram Mandir successful Ayodhya was built with donations from assorted quarters,” making it wide that it would not beryllium possible.
Meanwhile, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who is the in-charge curate for the erstwhile combined Warangal district, said that improvement enactment underway astatine Medaram would beryllium completed wrong the stipulated time, arsenic the jatara is scheduled to beryllium held from January 28 to 31, 2026.
The State authorities sanctioned ₹150 crore for Medaram Maha jatara connected August 19 and has besides embarked connected creating imperishable facilities astatine Medaram by preparing a maestro plan.
