CM KCR inaugurates Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday inaugurated the ‘Telangana Martyrs Memorial – Amara Jyoti’ (perpetual light) near Lumbini park in the city.

The memorial was built by the state government in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for the cause of a separate Telangana state.Speaking on the occasion, Rao recalled the agitation for Telangana statehood held in 1969, including the death of about 400 people, and later when he took up an indefinite fast in 2009.

Averring that he had begun the indefinite fast, willing to sacrifice his life, Rao said he was, however, anguished when youth sacrificed their life in support of statehood.

The Telangana government helped the kin of the “martyrs”, by providing jobs and financial assistance, and would extend help to any others who have still not received it, he said.

Facilitating the family members of those who sacrificed their lives for the statehood KCR said, “The state government would facilitate the visit of foreign delegates or guests from other states in India to the memorial to pay floral tributes.”