Government to set up NTR Telugu University

Vijayawada: Padma Bhushan Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad said that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s decision to sanction Rs 50 crore for the establishment of a Telugu university is commendable. Yarlagadda, who is on a visit to the US as the president of Vishva Hindi Parishad, issued a statement on Sunday requesting that a Telugu university be established as promised earlier by Chandrababu Naidu and name it after late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. Acharya Yarlagadda said that the government is taking steps to establish Telugu and Ambedkar universities in the state. He said that the students here have suffered a lot due to non-establishment of these universities in our state after the division of the state. Yarlagadda reminded that during the festival held in Rajahmundry on the last day of Godavari Pushkaralu, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had said that Rajahmundry would be renamed Rajamahendravaram and a Telugu university would be established in Rajahmundry. Acharya Yarlagadda said that 35 acres of land and suitable building are also available for the Telugu University.