Nizamabad: Telangana State Formation Day was celebrated with aplomb in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts on Saturday. Nizamabad and Kamareddy district headquarters wore a festive look as government offices were illuminated with colourful lights.
The National Flag was hoisted on the occasion to mark the 4th Formation Day of the state.
In Nizamabad, agriculture minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy paid rich tributes to Telangana martyrs while attending the celebrations as chief guest at the Police Parade Grounds. He received the Guard of Honour from the forces.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr Srinivas Reddy said that newly formed Telangana state was rapidly moving forward under the leadership of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. It is the good fortunate of people to get a Telangana movement leader as the Chief Minister, he said. Sacrifices of Telangana martyrs will be remembered forever, he said.
District collector R.M.R. Rao, in-charge CP N. Swetha, Nizamabad urban MLA Bigala Ganesh Gupta, MLC V.G. Goud, Zilla Parishad chairman Dafedar Raju, TS REDCO chairman S.A. Aleem and others were present.
Students presented cultural programmes on the occasion. Government departments displayed tableaux highlighting the developmental works and welfare schemes.
In Kamareddy, Government whip Gampa Govardhan hoisted the National Flag on the occasion. District collector N. Satyanarayana and others were present.
Best performance awards presented to the employees and others on the occasion.
Meanwhile, various political parties and other organisations celebrated the fourth Telangana Formation Day in the two districts.
