CHIPPING IN ADVICE: Rajahmundry Mayor M.S. Chakravarti looking at a poster prepared for Rajahmundry Utsav, which is scheduled to begin from January 24, while MP V. Aruna Kumar is making a point to Minister for Roads and Buildings Jakkampudi Ramamohan a Rao on Wednesday as the Chamber of Commerce representatives look on. - Photo: S_Rambabu

Rajahmundry: Arrangements are in full swing for the commencement of Godavari Utsav from 24 to 27 of this month. The Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation (RMC), which is taking key role in organising the event, has prepared a poster for the Utsav.

Minister for Roads and Buildings Jakkampudi Ramamohana Rao and MP V. Aruna Kumar has given some suggestions in designing the poster and also on arrangements.

Review meet

The Minister held a review meeting with different committees headed by corporators, the Mayor and also with Commissioner C. Sudarshan Reddy. During the review, the Minister said that officials from both East and West Godavari district will take active part in arrangements and reception.

He said that he had called Kannababu, DRDA project director of Visakhapatnam district to explain to the Corporators about the success of recently concluded Visakha Utsav and how the planning was done there. The Minister said that they are going to felicitate former MLAs in Rajahmundry districts Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary, T. Satyavati, ACY Reddy, Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary, former MPs-old film actress and politician Jamuna, Chunduri Srihari and Girijala Venkataswami Naidu. The Reception Committee has felt that they are expecting two lakh people on all the four days from 24 to 27 and arranging more cultural items to showcase the local culture, talent and traditions. The Minister and the Mayor said that the Republic Day celebrations will also be part of Godavari Utsav and said that the Endowments Department will make the models of the temples in the district like Annavaram, Draksharama and Dwaraka Tirumala and Talupulamma Lova.

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