Telangana Formation Day today; PM Modi wishes for progress

June 02, 2016 08:13

Telangana is gearing up to celebrate its second foundation day on Thursday.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Governor ESL Narasimhan will join in the celebrations at the Parade Ground in Secunderabad.

Public spaces and government buildings have been illuminated here. Tank Bund, banks of Hussain Sagar Lake, Lumbini Park, state secretariat, the international airport at Shamshabad and places of worship are sparkling bright as India's 29th state readies itself for the celebrations.

Telangana came into existence on June 2, 2014, under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of Parliament.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to convey his greetings: "On the Statehood Day of Telangana, my greetings to the people of Telangana. I hope the state progresses to new heights in the years to come."

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