Vikarabad, Dec. 14 -- Telangana BJP State President K Laxman on Saturday launched a long-term ''Namami Musi River'' (NMR) programme to mount pressure on the TRS government to take measures for effective abatement of pollution and its conservation and creating awareness among the people.

Addressing on the occasion after performing puja at Anantagiri in Vikarabad district Laxman appealed people to keep clean the river which is also known as a ''Telangana Ganga''.

Hyderabad's once mighty river has been reduced to a giant sewer due to indiscriminate urbanisation and lack of proper planning besides open for untreated domestic and industrial waste.

There was a need to inculcate the spirit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had launched a pro...