Hyderabad, Jan. 30 -- The Telangana government has urged the Union government to declare the Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara as a National Festival, describing it as a historic tribal congregation comparable in scale and significance to the Kumbh Mela.

Addressing a press conference at Medaram on Thursday, State Revenue, Housing and Information & Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said the ongoing Jatara is the second to be held after the formation of the present government in Telangana.

Jatara given highest priority: Ponguleti

He said that under the leadership of chief minister A Revanth Reddy, the state had accorded the "highest priority to the historic tribal festival and undertaken several permanent development works to imp...