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46-day industrial exhibition begins in Hyderabad

Special Correspondent

Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy inaugurates the ‘Numaish'

Photo: Mohd. Yousuf

Major attraction:Visitors take a ride on the 46-wheeler motorcade, which replaced the age-old train on the tracks, at the All- India Industrial Exhibition on Saturday. (Right) Students performing an Egyptian dance.

HYDERABAD: The 71 {+s} {+t} edition of All-India Industrial Exhibition, popular in the Twin Cities as ‘Numaish', was inaugurated by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday evening.

Mr. Reddy recalled on the occasion his fond memories of going round the exhibition in his childhood days. He said he used to eagerly await the event from December while it was scheduled a month later.

The Chief Minister appreciated that the Exhibition Society had generated Rs. 14 crore from the 46-day fair and spent most of the sum on the 18 educational institutions run by it. He praised the Society for recognising the worth of education seven decades ago while it was only recently made a Fundamental Right.

He advised students of schools and colleges on the Exhibition Grounds to focus on their careers. “Wealth comes and goes but knowledge remains with us for ever,” he remarked.

Panchayatraj Minister K. Jana Reddy, who is the president of the Exhibition Society, said he had headed the institution for the longest tenure of seven years.

The inaugural witnessed an unsavoury scene on the dais as Labour Minister D. Nagender expressed his anger at the Society's secretary N. Vinay Kumar for not extending invitation to the former. Mr. Nagender's name also did not figure on the invitation card.

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