HYDERABAD: Telangana minister KT Rama Rao directed the officials to make arrangements for Maha Shivaratri celebrations in Vemulawada temple.
The minister along with Vemulawada MLA Chennamaaneni Ramesh Babu and officials held a review meeting on the arrangements on Tuesday.
KTR asked the officials to make all necessary arrangements so that devotees, who visit the temple from various parts of the state and the country face no inconvenience. He asked them to focus on management of sanitation in the town and to arrange ambulance services, take fire safety measures during the celebrations. KTR said that the annual cultural programmes, held during Maha Shivaratri celebrations, have to be organised on a grand scale by coordinating with the state culture department.
Stating that Sircilla and Vemulawada would emerge as tourist destinations, the minister asked the officials to chart plans for development works in that direction. He said that the tallest idol of Lord Shiva, construction of cottages, adventure games would be taken up at Ramappa Gutta in the suburbs of Sircilla. Cable car services would be arranged at Nampalli Gutta in Vemulawada suburbs.
He asked officials to lay footpaths alongside all main roads in the town leading to the temple, to spruce up the town with wall paintings at all places feasible to display the art, and to lay cycling track and walking track alongside Moola Vagu. He said that the mini-stadium being constructed with high-standards in Vemulawada would be completed soon. The municipal minister directed officials to send proposals to the state government for laying of four lane main road from Kodurupaka to Vemulawada and second ghat road to Nampalli Gutta.
Along with district collector Anurag Jayanthi, SP Akhil Mahajan, Vemulawada temple officials and district officials from R&B and other departments attended.
