Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tungabhadra Pushkaram festival is set to start on Friday on the banks of river Tungabhadra. The festival is observed for a period of 12 days. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will reach Kurnool to inaugurate the Tungabhadra Pushkaralu festival at 1.21 PM today. He will participate in the special Pushkara poojas which will be conducted at Sankal Bhag Ghat in the afternoon as part of the inauguration.
On Thursday afternoon, Ministers Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, Gummanoor Jayaram, Kurnool District Collector Veerapandian, SP Fakkirappa, MLAs Hafeez Khan, Katasani Rambhupal Reddy, Sudhakar and Toguru Arthur inspected the arrangements at Sankal Bhag Ghat. The devotees would be allowed in the ghat once the Chief Minister leaves. The Ministers said that a few people from the Orvakallu Airport, APSP Battalion will be given an opportunity to meet the Chief Minister.
Chief Minister YS jagan Mohan Reddy will arrive at the Gannavaram Airport from Tadepalli at 11.20 AM and from there he will reach the Orvakallu Airport at 12:30 pm. He will leave Orvakallu by helicopter at 12:40 PM and land at a special helipad set up at APSP Battalion grounds in Kurnool at 12:55 pm.
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