Overview

• GO No. 286 formally designates Komaram Bheem’s Vardhanthi as a state festival, launching official annual commemorations starting today.
• Asifabad district declared a holiday for all government and private schools and colleges, with district-level observances across the region.
• Adivasi communities are visiting Jodeghat from across Telangana and from Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to pay homage at the memorial.
• Authorities prepared the site and repaired the existing approach road, while a remaining 6 km stretch awaits clearances from forest and wildlife bodies.
• With the Model Code of Conduct in force, the chief minister and other leaders issued tributes online, and reports conflicted on whether ministers would attend at Jodeghat.