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Sachin Tendulkar adopts Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village in Nellore district

Sachin Tendulkar adopts Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village in Nellore district

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-11-16 12:06 GMT
After witnessing the installations at Krishnapatnam Port from the seafront while on a mechanised boat on Saturday, Masterblaster Sachin Tendulkar went ahead to visit the hamlet he adopted. Photo: DC
Sachin adopted a tiny village, Puttamrajuvari Kandriga, in Gudur mandal and he is scheduled to visit the same after an overnight stay in port guesthouse.
Also present were Nellore joint collector G.Rekha Rani and Former Cricketer Chamundeswari Nadh.
He also advocated the need to empower the girl child and put an end to female foeticide.
He appealed for the cooperation of the villagers to set an example for the country and make it a model village.
Sachin interacted with the students of CVR English Medium School, run by the port authorities for a while and the students were delighted when the celebrity gave them autographs patiently.
He received a warm welcome, when he visited the village located in Gudur mandal of SPSR Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday morning.
Crowd steadily built up at the location with hundreds of people waiting for hours to get a glimpse of the star.
Sachin Tendulkar adopts Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village in Nellore district

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