World Class Memorials 0f YSR to come up opp to I-Max

Hyderabad|India|April'2010: World Class Memorials for former Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy will come up near the crash site at Velugodu near Atmakur, Rajiv Knowledge Valley in Kadapa and at the land opposite to I-Max in Hyderabad. The Chief Minister gave green signal to all these projects and asked the ministers and officials to speed up the project. At the same time, he cautioned them that the memorials should be of world class in consonance with the high thinking and grand vision of the late Chief Minister Dr. YSR and his towering personality. The Chief Minister reviewed the issue with ministers and officials at Secretariat.

The State Government has already notified the land in Velugodu to set up Dr. YSR Smruthi Vanam near Pavurallagutta, the crash site. The Director, Culture is finalising the bronze statue of Dr. YSR. The Chief Minister said that the necessary funds for the project will be released. The land acquisition is completed. Objective of the Memorial is to highlight the life and projects initiated/emphasised by Dr Rajasekhara Reddy, to conserve the native flora and fauna and impart environmental education to the visitors.

All the project components will be completed by September, 2011. Components are memorial with landscaping, interpretation centre, peaful and grey jungle fowl breeding centre, nature trail, bio diversity park and avenue plantation along the road. It is expected that by 2nd September 2010, the first death anniversary of Dr. YSR, works like finalisation of detailed designs, statue of Dr. YSR with pedestal, water cascade, illumination & landscape garden, memorial monument, enclosure and avenue plantation will be completed.

The YSR Memorial at Kadapa involves development of infrastructures like landscaping, parking, raising of avenues, construction of galleries etc. The proposal for the memorial has been forwarded to the Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of India and the site has been inspected and recommended for approval to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

It is proposed that at Hyderabad, the existing Lake View Park developed by the HMDA opposite I-Max theatre will be the appropriate location for the Memorial. The land adjacent to I-Max theatre also will be included for the memorial. Symbolic display highlighting the welfare programmes taken up by Dr.YSR as Chief Minister, his famous "padayatra" and a modern sculpture on Jalayagnam in the middle of the existing water body are being planned. The Chief Minister was very particular that all the memorials, monuments and other sculptures should be in tune with the high ideals of the late leader and should be of international standards.

Ministers Sabitha Indra Reddy, Dharmana Prasada Rao, Anam Ramnarayan Reddy, P Ramachandra Reddy, D Nagender, Mukesh Goud, Special Chief Secretary, Forests and Environment, Janaki Kondapi, Principal Secretary, Youth Services, A.K.Parida, Commissioner, HMDA, B.P.Acharya, Commissioner, GHMC, Sameer Sharma, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Sivasankara Reddy and other officials attended the meeting.

-April' 2010