ECI permits conduct of Telangana Formation Day fete: Chief Secretary reviews arrangements

HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari held a meeting with senior officials and reviewed the arrangements to be made for the State Formation Day on June 2.

With the ECI permitting the Government to hold the state formation day, the Chief Secretary instructed the officials on Friday to make elaborate arrangements in a befitting manner.

She said that the state formation day celebrations will be held at Parade Grounds, Secunderabad. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would first visit Gun Park and pay tributes to the martyrs at the Telangana ‘Amaraveerula Stupam’.

The Chief Secretary directed the police department to prepare a traffic route map assigning alighting, pick-up points, and parking places and make arrangements accordingly duly providing signage at vantage points.

They were also told to regulate the movement of dignitaries by designating pick-up points to ensure smooth and timely departure to avoid unnecessary delay at the time of leaving the venue.

The R&B department was directed to provide barricading and arrange shamians and shades to ensure that people were not exposed to the sun.

GHMC officials were urged to arrange for cleaning, leveling, watering, maintenance of sanitary and hygienic conditions and to arrange decorative flags. The Chief Secretary wanted the cultural department to ensure the participation of artists to create a carnival-like atmosphere.

The energy department was told to provide a phase power supply and to ensure uninterrupted power supply duly keeping a stand-by team at the venue. All the departments were told to work in coordination and organise the function in a grand manner

DGP Ravi Gupta, Special Chief Secretary Adhar Sinha, Principal Secretaries B Venkatesham, Jitender, Secretaries Christina Zongthu, MD HMWSB Sudershan Reddy, MD TSPDCL Musharaf, CDMA Divya, Special Commissioner I and PR Hanumantha Rao and other officials attended the meeting.