YSR Park coming up near Imax

A memorial park in memory of former chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is coming up beside Prasad’s Imax theatre.

 Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Anam Ramanarayan Reddy said on Saturday, the state government has decided to build a Memorial Park for the former chief minister near Imax theatre by acquiring 20 acres of land. Reddy told newsmen that the park will be designed under the guidance of experts in the field.

A memorial ghat after YSR would also be developed at Idupulapaya, where the late chief minister's body was buried, in over 6.7 hectare on the lines of NTR Ghat in Hyderabad.

 The minister further detailed that the memorial ghat will have an eco park, IIIT, Rajiv Gandhi Valley, police station, peacock park and a deer park. He said the government will also develop 'YSR Smriti Vanam' (memorial park) over an area of 1,412 hectares in the Nallamala forest area where YSR was killed in a helicopter crash on September 2 last year. These works are expected to be competed by Sept 2 which will coincide with the death anniversary of the leader.