KCR inaugurates Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Tank Bund

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday inaugurated the Martyrs’ Memorial at Tank Bund as part of concluding ceremony of 21-day state formation day celebrations.

Earlier after the arrival of Chief Minister at the Memorial, the police gave salutation to KCR.

The memorial built with a stainless steel costed Rs 179 crore as a tribute to about 2,000 people who sacrificed their lives for the sake of separate statehood for Telangana. The memorial was built at a height of 150 feet in three acres of land.