Hyderabad: Upbeat over the huge response from the public to inauguration of the first World Telugu Conference (WTC) in the state, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has directed ministers and officials to maintain the tempo of the five-day event till the valedictory session on December 19.
He asked them to visit venues in the city which are hosting the WTC events. He asked them to review the arrangements and interact with the participants and the public to keep up the tempo. The ministers have been directed to attend programmes as special guests at the four venues. On Saturday, the ministers, accompanied by officials, sprung into action and made a beeline on Saturday to attend the programmes.
Deputy CM Kadiam Srihari attended a programme in Ravindra Bharathi, while finance minister Etala Rajender attended another programme in Indira Priyadarshini auditorium. Deputy CM Mohd Mahmood Ali, health minister C. Laxma Reddy, power minister G. Jagadish Reddy and cinematography minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav too visited various venues and participated in literary and cultural programmes.
Mr Rajender, accompanied by civil supplies commissioner C.V. Anand and Chief Secretary S.P. Singh, visited LB Stadium, Ravindra Bharathi and Lalithakala Thoranam and inspected the arrangements. They interacted with the participants and had lunch with them.
The minister appreciated Mr Anand for making food arrangements at all the venues comprising of 30 varieties of the Telangana cuisine.“The participants expressed happiness over the Telangana cuisine offered at these venues. They said that all the food items were delicious. The aim of the WTC is to restore the glory of TS language, history, culture, literature and cuisine. We are getting positive feedback from all the venues,” Mr Rajender stated.
