CM pats VMC for Swachh awards
The Hindu
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated and appreciated Vijayawada Mayor R. Bhagyalakshmi and VMC Commissioner V. Prasanna Venkatesh for achieving India's third cleanest city award and
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated and appreciated Vijayawada Mayor R. Bhagyalakshmi and VMC Commissioner V. Prasanna Venkatesh for achieving India's third cleanest city award and others in Swachh Survekshan awards announced recently. Along with Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister Botcha Satyanarayana and Special Chief Secretary (MA&UD) Y. Srilakshmi, the Mayor and civic chief met the Chief Minister on Thursday.
They thanked Mr. Jagan for extending the required support to the city.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.