Rahim Khan requires honouring those that fought Nizam to free Kalyana Karnataka

Municipal Administration and Haj Minister Rahim Khan has known as upon the individuals of Kalyana Karnataka to recollect and honour the sacrifices of freedom fighters who struggled to liberate the area from the rule of the Hyderabad Nizam and merge it with the Indian Union.

He was talking after hoisting the National Flag and providing floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel throughout the Kalyana Karnataka Utsav celebrations on the Government PU College Grounds in Ballari on Wednesday.

“Though India grew to become free on August 15, 1947, the individuals of Hyderabad-Karnataka, then beneath the Hyderabad Nizam, needed to wait till September 17, 1948, to breathe the air of freedom,” Mr. Khan stated.

Mr. Khan recalled that it was the Congress authorities in 2013 which established the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) to make sure particular grants for the general growth of the area.

“As per the imaginative and prescient of the Chief Minister, the Indira Canteen scheme will probably be carried out extra successfully throughout all city native our bodies. Roads, drainage, ingesting water provide, streetlights and sanitation will proceed to be given precedence,” Mr. Khan stated.

Ballari MP E. Tukaram recalled how the Nanjundappa Committee was shaped in 2002 to handle regional imbalances. It recognized 114 of the 175 taluks within the State as backward, together with 21 of the 39 taluks in Kalyana Karnataka as most backward, he stated.

“The report paved the way in which for efforts to safe particular standing for the area,” he added.

Kalyana Karnataka Horata Samiti district president Sirigeri Pannaraj, in a particular lecture, narrated how the Nizam of Hyderabad refused to merge with India, resulting in repression by the Razakars, the militia of the Nizam.

“People of this area fought towards tyranny and secured freedom. We should bear in mind their wrestle,” he stated.

Prizes and certificates had been distributed to winners of essay, elocution and portray competitions organised as a part of the utsav.

Mayor Mullangi Nandeesh, Deputy Mayor D. Sukum, District Guarantee Schemes Implementation Committee Chairperson Ok.E. Chidanandappa, Deputy Commissioner Nagendra Prasad Ok., Inspector-General of Police of Ballari Range Vartika Katiyar, Superintendent of Police Shobharani V.J., Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Haris Sumair and senior officers, college students and residents attended the celebrations.