Tag: Telangana Formation Day celebrations

  • Fire breaks out at Telangana Formation Day celebrations, no casualties

    Fire breaks out at Telangana Formation Day celebrations, no casualties

    Hyderabad (IANS) | A tent caught fire due to bursting of firecrackers during Telangana Formation Day celebrations in Nizamabad district. The officers provided this information. The incident took place on Wednesday evening when Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) workers burst crackers to welcome state Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy at Puranipet village.

    Reddy had come to attend a program organized near a lake in the village.

    Cultural programs are being organized near water bodies across the state as part of the Foundation Day celebrations.

    According to eyewitnesses, a cracker fell on the tent, which started the fire.

    The tent was completely gutted.

    Three people were killed in a similar incident on April 12 in Khammam district.

    –IANS

  • Telangana Formation Day celebrations: CS asks HoDs to appoint nodal officers to oversee arrangements

    Telangana Formation Day celebrations: CS asks HoDs to appoint nodal officers to oversee arrangements

    Hyderabad: Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari directed Heads of Departments to appoint nodal officers for their respective departments to oversee arrangements for the upcoming Telangana Formation Day celebrations.

    The Chief Secretary on Wednesday held a review meeting with senior officials of various departments to discuss arrangements for the upcoming event and asked them to highlight the achievements of each department during the last nine years of the formation of the State. All the important public monuments and buildings, including Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, Assembly and other famous buildings should be illuminated on all the days, she said, adding that steps should be taken to ensure uninterrupted power and drinking water supply during the period of celebrations.

    Director General of Police Anjani Kumar, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar, Special Chief Secretary (Energy) Sunil Sharma, GAD Secretary V Seshadri, Hyderabad City Police Commissioner CV Anand and other senior officials were present.