Andhra Pradesh Magazine English May 2016 | Page 26

AMBEDKAR TO STAND

125ft TALL IN AMARAVATI

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hief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the
foundation stone for installation of 125 feet
Ambedkar statue at Capital city
Amaravati coinciding with the 125th
birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar.
The Chief Minister also laid the
foundation stone for a housing
scheme at Jakkampudi village near
here on Thursday.

The State government would construct B.R. Ambedkar memorial,
including the statue of the architect of
the Constitution, on a 15-acre site in
the State’s new capital Amaravati. The
proposed memorial would comprise a
park, convention centre, a Buddhist
meditation hall and a library. The government proposes to construct six
lakh houses across the State under the
NTR Rural Housing Scheme and NTR
Urban Housing Scheme for the poor.
At a ceremonial function at A Convention Centre in Vijayawada, the Chief
Minister laid the foundation stone for
Ambedkar smriti vanam, memorial.
On the occasion, Naidu said that the
government was organising a yearlong celebrations in honour of
Ambedkar. Sincere efforts were being
made to spread the high ideals of
Dr.Ambedkar among the people and
reminded that for the TDP founder NT
Rama Rao, Dr. Ambedkar had always
been an inspiration. Dr Ambedkar’s
views have been the principle guide
and motivation for my government in
framing and implementing the welfare
schemes,” he said.

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Stating that the SC and ST sub-plan
was being implemented in the State
effectively, the Chief Minister listed
out various initiatives launched by the
State government for the welfare of
Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled
Tribes (STs), he said.

|CM garlanding B R Ambedkar’s statue in Vijayawada on the occasion of the latter’s
125th birth anniversary.

“We want to develop Amaravati as a
tourist attraction for Buddhists from
across the globe. BR Ambedkar’s proposed statue and memorial park
would further add glory to the capital
city,” Naidu had announced in the
Assembly.
As part of the celebrations, various
programmes, including Ambedkar
Ideology Run, Ambedkar Sports Meet
and other programmes for the entire
year, were being organised. ‘We will
translate all the works of Ambedkar
into Telugu language,’ Naidu said.
According to Naidu, the state will also
hold anti-discrimination week, besides holding an international Buddhist convention.
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The Andhra Pradesh government is
planning to implement a slew of
measures including construction of
over six lakh houses for dalits and
oppressed under the weaker sections
housing programme in connection
with the 125th birth anniversary of Dr
B.R. Ambedkar.
Chief Minister Naidu said the government decided to convert all the ST
hostels into residential educational institutions during the current year and
upgrade all social welfare hostels into
residential schools in the next three
years to enable the deprived sections
get quality education. It was proposed
to bring the management of tribal institutions under one umbrella for betMAY 2016