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Lok Satta bats for playgrounds in city
Demanding that the State government protect the playgrounds in Greater Hyderabad and free the lands from clutches of encroachers, Lok Satta staged a novel protest by playing Kabaddi at GHMC office. The Lok Satta GHMC Committee has demanded that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announce that Kalabharathi will be constructed at another place instead of constructing it at NTR Stadium on August 15 as a gift of Independence Day.
LSP activists stage Kabaddi protest at GHMC office
Hyderabad: Demanding that the State government protect the playgrounds in Greater Hyderabad and free the lands from clutches of encroachers, Lok Satta staged a novel protest by playing Kabaddi at GHMC office. The Lok Satta GHMC Committee has demanded that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announce that Kalabharathi will be constructed at another place instead of constructing it at NTR Stadium on August 15 as a gift of Independence Day.
Speaking on the occasion, Lok Satta Greater Hyderabad president Dosapati Ramu and general secretary Bonthu Sambi Reddy said there are no playgrounds in Hyderabad though the population touched one crore mark in the city. While there was a need of 5,000 playgrounds, there were only 660 playgrounds in Hyderabad and the same were uploaded on GHMC website.
They alleged that at several places, the vacant lands meant for parks, playgrounds and community halls were being encroached upon by private persons. They demanded that the Chief Minister provide playgrounds, which were similar to lungs, to make Hyderabad as Singapore.
“But the Chief Minister is encouraging encroachments to see that there won’t be playgrounds in Hyderabad”, they alleged. The Chief Minister was preparing the unhealthy Hyderabad on one side and giving crores of rupees to players, who won medals, they said and alleged that the Chief Minister was adopting an indifferent stand on playgrounds issue.
