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In my previous
two posts on “The Singareni Collieries Company Limited & Kothagudem” I
wrote about the Collieries, my connection with it and posted old and new
photographs of the mines, workshops, offices and other important locations in
the town. In this; the third article on Singareni I am posting 100 old
photographs containing the pictures of a number of people who were associated
with Kothagudem and Singareni Collieries. Most of the pictures depict my
parents along with many other persons at various events at Kothagudem.
My father, Sri.
N. Bhaskarachary was the Chief Personnel Officer of the Singareni Collieries
for 24 years. The picture at the top of this article shows him at his office.
He was associated with a number of activities and organizations during his stay
at Kothagudem. When the 18 month long ‘Emergency’ was declared in June 1975,
top officers of the Collieries were asked to submit their affiliations and
association with Colliery related and other organizations. His list ran very
long. He was associated as Member, President or as Chairman with over 40
Professional, Cultural, Religious, Recreational and other Service
organizations. I am listing a few of them so one can understand him and the
role he played in the Collieries and at Kothagudem. He was the President of the
A.P. State Branch of the Indian Institute of Personnel Management for eight
years. He was a member of the State Advisory Committee for Miners Welfare and
of the District Employment Advisory Committee. As President of the Education
Society he was helpful in the spread of educational institutions in the
Collieries and was an active member of the Governing Council of the local Arts
and Science College. He was the Charter Secretary of the Lions Club of
Kothagudem and has been its 1st Vice President for years. As an active member
of Lions Club he helped in organizing major Eye-camps, construction of Primary
Schools and Bus Shelters. As President of Lalitha Kalaniketan for years, he was
organizing periodically programs of renowned artistes in music and dance and
conducting Thyagaraja Utsavalu every year at Kothagudem. He was the Chairman of
the District Association of Bharat Scouts and Guides and also Chairman of the
Singareni Work peoples Sports and Games Association. He was the President of
several Temple committees and took interest in religious activities. As
President of the Town Committee of Vishwa Hindu Parishad he was responsible for
arranging the re-conversion of over 800 persons to Hinduism from other
religions. He was also the District President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of
Khammam District. He also encouraged and conducted several Sports and Games
meets at Kothagudem and other Singareni Townships like the All India Coalfield
Tournaments, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Foot Ball tournaments, Annual Colliery
Sports and Games meets and also Ranji Trophy Cricket Matches at Kothagudem.
Some of the
above photographs are over 40 years old. During all these years many
photographs of my father are lost or misplaced. Whatever few I could get hold
of easily I have posted along with this article. I hope some followers of my
blog and acquaintances at Kothagudem would be happy to see these old
photographs.
P.S. You may
click on the following link to reach several of my photo-articles / blog posts
on Kothagudem, Singareni Collieries, Bhadrachalam, Godavari River, Parnashala,
Kinnerasani and Papikondalu:
cheers God Bless the collecter of the above fotos.. Warm Regards, Mahesh
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