Minister honours families of freedom fighters in Kadapa

Minister for Minority Welfare and Law N. Md. Farook tries his hand at spinning wheel at a stall organised by Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Society Limited (APCO) during the Independence Day celebrations in Kadapa on Thursday.

Minister for Law and Minority Welfare N. Md. Farook honoured the family members of freedom fighters representing Kadapa region during the Independence Day celebrations here on Thursday.

After hoisting the tricolour and receiving the guard of honour by members of the police platoons, he felicitated Velpula Narayanamma, Rama Devi, Aruna Devi, S. Subbarayudu, Sarath Babu, Raghurama Murthy, Jaganmohan Reddy, Chandrasekhar, Subba Reddy and B. Ratnaiah, representing the families of the recognised freedom fighters of the district.

Delivering the Independence Day speech, Mr. Farook highlighted the developments achieved in the district. “In the next forty days, we will fill the Gandikota reservoir and Mylavaram, Chitravati and Paidipalem projects to their full capacity of 40 tmc ft of water and supply water to an ayacut of 2.35 lakh acres. Similarly, Telugu Ganga and its associated projects will be filled to their full capacity in seventy days,” he said.

The tableaux representing agriculture, water management, rural development, livestock breeding, medicine and health, women and child welfare, housing and fire services, etc. proved to be an attraction. The dog show organized for the occasion also received applause from the audience.

Those present included District Collector L. Sivasankar, Superintendent of Police (SP) V. Harshavardhan Raju, Joint Collector Aditi Singh and Kadapa MLA R. Madhavi.