Museum on Alluri Sitarama Raju to come up in city
The Hindu
Centre sanctioned ₹18 crore for the purpose, says Union Minister Kishan Reddy
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy said the Central government recognises the role of ‘Manyam Hero’ Alluri Sitarama Raju's role in the freedom movement and the museum being constructed at a cost of ₹38 crore at Lambasingi in Visakhapatnam district will be completed this year.
He said the Centre has sanctioned ₹18 crore for construction of Alluri Sitarama Raju's museum in Hyderabad as well and ₹1 crore of this has already been released. He was speaking at the 175th birth celebrations of the freedom-fighter in the city on Sunday.
Mr. Reddy urged the Tourism Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Srinivas Goud and Avanti Srinivas Rao, present at the programme, to complete the construction of the museums at the earliest, apart from celebrating India’s loved son on a large scale and teach his heroics to the younger generation.
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