Independence day celebrated with patriotic fervour

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 15. The 54th Independence Day was celebrated in the twin cities on Wednesday with nationalist spirit and patriotic fervour. A number of organisations conducted a variety of programmes to mark the occasion.

The South Central Railway celebrated the day with its General Manager, Mr. N. Krithivasan unfurling the national flag and inspecting the guard of honour. Highlighting the SCR's achievements, he said it has loaded 19.27 million tonnes of freight from April to July end this year against 17.87 million tonnes in the same period last year.

At AP Transco office, Mr. P. Ramakanth Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director hoisted the national flag and asked the employees to work with dedication. Mr. Dinesh Kumar and Mr. K. Durga Prasad, Joint Managing Directors attended.

The State Bank Staff College celebrated the occasion in a unique way, by inviting Mrs. Poornima Devi, daughter of Pingali Venkaiah, designer of the flag, to unfurl the national tricolour. Mr. Sudarshan Kumar, general manager and vice- principal of the college, presented her the flag and a purse. Mrs. Poornima Devi later unfurled the national tricolour at Vidyanagar cross roads.

A feature of the I-Day celebrations at Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad was the felicitations to the best tax inspectors and bill collectors by the Commissioner, Mr. P. K. Mohanty. At Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board office, the Managing Director, Mr. M. G. Gopal, unfurled the flag.

Hoisting the national flag at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Mr. M. K. Shukla, Director, called upon the police officers to discharge their duties with dedication and honesty. At the AP Administrative Tribunal, the Acting Chairman, Mr. A. Venkata Reddy, unfurled the flag.

The Home Minister, Mr. T. Devender Goud, hoisted the national flag, at the Ashoka Pillar Martyrs Memorial, Kothi bus stand. It was organised by the Telangana Swatantra Senani Samithi and the Forum for Social Justice. Dr. B. Babu Rao Verma, president of the Samithi and other freedom fighters attended.

The Independence Day was celebrated with much gaiety at one of the Indian's Army's premier institutions - the Artillery Centre, where the `Men behind the Gun' are trained. It is also the institution's Raising Day.

The Executive Director of the BHEL, Mr. Virendra Kumar, hoisted the tri-colour in its sprawling township at Ramachandrapuram. The Deputy Inspector-General of the National Industrial Security Academy, Mr. P.V.K. Reddy, hoisted the flag in the academy's premises at Shamirpet.

At ECIL, Mr. M.H. Ron, Chairman and Managing Director, unfurled the tricolour and inspected the ceremonial guard of honour.

At the Power Grid Corporation of India office here, Mr. Umesh Chandra, General Manager and head of the region, highlighted the role played by the organisation.

For the first time, the student volunteers of the National Green Corps of Kendriya Vidyalaya participated in the Independence Day parade at the Parade Grounds. The tableau of the AP Pollution Control Board, the nodal agency for the National Green Corps, depicted children as the main stake holders in guiding the adults in corrective environmental action.

At the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, the Vice- Chancellor, Dr. I.V. Subba Rao, hoisted the national flag. At Osmania University, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D.C. Reddy, unfurled the national flag.

At the Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped, Mr. L. Govinda Rao, Director, National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, hoisted the flag. Mr. Thakur V. Hari Prasad, president of the Institute spoke.

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