K Chandrasekhar Rao announces memorial in honour of Dr C Narayana Reddy
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday announced that a memorial would be built in the heart of the city in honour of Dr C. Nara-yana Reddy, who passed away on Monday. It will contain a literary convention centre and a meeting hall.
A prominent institution run by the government will be named after Dr Reddy, the Chief Minister announced, after paying homage to the departed poet at his Manikonda residence this afternoon. Mr Rao placed a wreath on the body, and spoke with the family for some time.
He told the media later that bronze statues of Dr Reddy would be installed at Tank Bund here, at the Sircilla district headquarters, and in Hanumajipet, the birthplace of the poet.
He announced that the government would release Rs 10 lakh every year for the Telangana Sahitya Parishad, the brainchild of Dr Reddy.
The final rites will be conducted on Wednesday and the government will provide buses for all those who want to be present, he said.
He said the state was proud of such a literary figure, who had a certain glamour, proving that even poets have glamour.
Mr Rao recalled his recent visit to Bammera, the birthplace of the poet Pothanna, where he reci-ted poems from Nara-yana Reddy’s Mandara Makarandalu. He said Reddy’s family told him that Narayana Reddy had heard that speech.
He said he would be present at the funeral on Wednesday and make sure that the people gave a fitting farewell to Dr Narayana Reddy.
The body will be kept for an hour, from 9 am, at Saraswatha Parishad Hall in Boggulakunta on Wednesday for the people to pay homage. Then it will be taken out in a procession from Saraswatha Parishad Hall to Maha Prasthanam in Prashas-hannagar.
The Telangana State Road Transport Corpo-ration on Tuesday said that it would operate at least two special buses to Hyderabad from all district headquarters to enable people to witness the last rites of Dr C. Narayana Reddy.
RTC to run specials
The Telangana State Road Transport Corpo-ration on Tuesday said that it would operate at least two special buses to Hyderabad from all district headquarters to enable people to witness the last rites of Dr C. Narayana Reddy.
RTC managing director G.V. Ramana Rao said that those who intend to attend the funeral of Narayana Reddy could go back to their hometowns by the same buses.
