Hyderabad: Telangana celebrated its formation day on Tuesday with fervour though the festivities were on a low-key in view of COVID-19 pandemic as Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asserted his government would continue to work for all-round development of the state which came into being in 2014.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among those who greeted the people on the occasion.
Rao paid homage at the "Telangana martyrs memorial" in front of the state legislature here remembering those who sacrificed their life for the cause of separate statehood.
He unfurled the national flag at Pragati Bhavan, the Chief Ministers camp office-cum-official residence later. Greeting people on the occasion, the Chief Minister said his government rededicates itself to the welfare of people and all-round development of the state, an official release said.
In contrast to the distress in agriculture and problems in drinking water supply at the time of states formation in 2014, Telangana is now ahead in the farm sector and the water problem had been solved with the implementation of Mission Bhagiratha scheme, he said.
The state has also achieved major progress in electricity, irrigation, education, health, industrial and IT sectors, Rao, who also completed six years in office, said.
The formation day was celebrated across the state on a low-key in view of the COVID-19 situation.
Ruling TRS, opposition Congress, BJP, TDP and others also organised celebrations in their respective party offices.
President Kovind telephoned Rao and conveyed his greetings, expressing hope that the state would march forward in all fields, an official release said here.
Rao thanked the president, it said. Modi said people from the state are excelling in a wide range of sectors.