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Governor lauds NRI efforts

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–Photo: SINGAM VENKATA RAMANA

Taste of India: A tribal dance presented at a medical camp held as part of American Telugu Association’s two-day festival at Suryapet in Nalgonda district on Thursday.

SURYAPET (NALGONDA DT.): The Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari has called upon Non-Resident Indians to “bring the latest technology here” for the benefit of our people.

“Make use of the latest technology available with you and bring it here,” he said while addressing a public meeting organised as part of the two-day festival of the American Telugu Association (ATA) near here on Thursday. Earlier he inaugurated the mega health camp attended by about 60 medical experts, while the Union Urban Development Minister S.Jaipal Reddy inaugurated the mega blood camp to mark the occasion.

Congratulating the NRI’s for ensuring the “nav nirman” of the host countries, Mr. Tiwari said, “You’ve indeed set an example. The NRIs play a very significant role across the world. I am privileged to greet you.”

He further observed that the NRIs had the “pious responsibility” of serving their motherland. He complimented the ATA for constructing a cancer hospital between Pillalamarri and Suryapet. The ATA president Gavva Chandra Reddy, the Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy, the State Ministers—K. Jana Reddy and R. Damodar Reddy, ZP chairperson K. Narayana Reddy, the Nalgonda MP S. Sudhakar Reddy, the DCC president S. Mallesh Goud, the TD president B. Lingaiah Yadav and some NRIs also spoke.

The cultural shows of tribals and other troupes enthralled the audience.

Later the Governor later laid foundation to a girls’ school at Nadigudem in Kodad constituency being represented by the Congress MLA N. Uttamkumar Reddy.

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