A Buddha statue will come up near the Lower Manair Dam (LMD) as part of the prestigious Manair River Front Development Project in Karimnagar, said Backward Classes Welfare Minister G. Kamalakar.
He was speaking at the district-level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting held here on July 11. The status of cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the district was reviewed in the meeting. Collector R.V. Karnan presided over the meeting.
The Minister said the State government’s flagship Dalit Bandhu scheme is transforming Dalits into entrepreneurs by providing one-time capital assistance of ₹10 lakh per SC family.
