Tirupati elevated bridge falls victim to ‘name game’
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Tirupati elevated bridge falls victim to ‘name game’

The Hindu  

Political ‘name game’ has left everyone confused after ‘Srinivasa Setu’, the elevated corridor project built under the Smart City project to provide a direct access to Tirumala-bound vehicles and avoid traffic snarls in the city, was renamed to ‘Garuda Varadhi’ recently. Name game It was during the erstwhile Telugu Desam Party regime in 2014-19 that the work started and the bridge was unofficially named ‘Garuda Varadhi’, as a metaphor to the route taking the devotees to Tirumala. The then MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy announced that the bridge would be named as ‘Srinivasa Setu’ and even got a resolution passed in the Municipal Corporation of Tirupati to this effect. With the local leaders going gaga over the name, the Smart City project records continue to mention the bridge simply as ‘elevated corridor project’.

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Jagan to inaugurate Rs. 684 crore Srinivasa Setu elevated expressway: EO
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Jagan to inaugurate Rs. 684 crore Srinivasa Setu elevated expressway: EO

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams executive officer A.V. Jagan Mohan Reddy would inaugurate the Srinivasa Sethu flyover, which was intended to provide swift and smooth transport to pilgrims and locals, in Tirupati on September 18. After reviewing the last phase of pending works on Srinivasa Sethu with the officials of TTD and Municipal Corporation of Tirupati, the EO directed officials concerned …

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