Overview
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will chair the Cabinet meeting at 5 pm on January 18 at the Haritha Hotel near the Sammakka-Sarakka shrine in Medaram, marking the first Cabinet session held outside Hyderabad.
- The renovated Sammakka-Sarakka temple will be reopened by the Chief Minister on January 19 ahead of the Medaram Maha Jatara scheduled for January 28–31.
- An extensive security operation has deployed more than 5,000 police under Mulugu SP Sudheer Ramnath Kekan, while NPDCL says power arrangements are complete with new covered conductors to prevent electrical accidents.
- With the Vemulawada temple under renovation, darshan has shifted to Bheemeshwaram as crowds swell—reportedly over 75,000 devotees on Friday—boosted in part by free TGSRTC bus travel for women.
- Government business linked to the visit includes final allocations for the Jatara, a plan to forward ward-wise municipal reservations to the election commission after January 19, and ₹362 crore in works with the Munneru–Palair link canal inauguration on January 18.