Title - Havelock Bridge will be redesigned as tourist spot by 2015, says MLA

MLA Rowthu Suryaprakasa Rao has said that the announcement of Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi that the Havelock Bridge would be developed as a tourist spot has given new hopes and all the stakeholders of the bridge would work hard to redesign and dedicate the bridge to the nation by coming Godavari Pushkarams in 2015.Addressing media conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Suryaprakasa Rao lauded Mr. Chiranjeevi for taking the initiative despite all odds from Railways.He also thanked MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar, Union Human Resource Development Minister M. M. Pallam Raju and others for their role. The MLA specially commended people of Rajahmundry and all the organisations who took up the issue in a big way.The MLA said the late Divisional Engineer K. Srimannarayana had given an excellent design for constructing foot-over Bridge in place of Havelock railway track and the Municipal Corporation had taken up the design to the notice of the State government.Mr. Suryaprakasa Rao said that the MP and he had been pursuing the issue for the last eight years and they had proposed ‘Jambudweepam’ island tourism development centre in one corner of the Godavari.He said that Mr Arun Kumar would present the design, correspondence, estimates and other details before the Union Minister in the second week of August along with the State Tourism Minister and also raise the issue in the coming Parliament session.

PCC secretary Prasadula Harinath, Hitakarini Samajam chairman Buddiga Srinivas and others were present.