Devireddy Sudheer Reddy

Devireddy Sudheer Reddy (born 27 July 1962)[1] is an Indian politician from Telangana. He is a three time Member of Legislative Assembly from Lal Bahadur Nagar Assembly constituency.

Devireddy Sudheer Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byR. Krishnaiah
Constituency L. B. Nagar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2009-2014
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byTelangana Assembly Created
Constituency L. B. Nagar
The Chairman, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority
In office
2004-2008
Personal details
Born (1962-07-27) 27 July 1962 (age 62)
Political partyBharat Rashtra Samiti (2019-present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (2009 - 2019)
SpouseKamala Sudheer Reddy
Children2
Alma materOsmania University
Websitehttp://dsudheerreddy.com/

Early life and education

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Reddy is from Lal Bahadur Nagar in Hyderabad. He married Kamala and they have two children.

Career

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Reddy started his political career by becoming the youngest elected member of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad from Malakpet constituency in 1986.[2]

He then became the first MLA from Lal Bahadur Nagar Assembly Constituency after the delimitation in 2009.[3] He won the election by polling a total of 67510 votes.[4][5]

He was elected for the second time winning the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election[6] from Lal Bahadur Nagar Assembly constituency.[7] Reddy polled 113,980 votes and defeated his nearest rival Mudda Ram Mohan Goud of BRS by 17,848 votes. Goud plled 96,132 votes.[8] Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority from 2004 to 2008.[9] He was also appointed Musi River Development Front Corporation Limited Chairman by Telangana government in February, 2020 for a period of three years.[10]

Works as Chairman of the HUDA

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Reddy spearheaded the planning and implementation of the Outer Ring Road.[11]

He spearheaded the planning, implementation, and completion of the P V Narasimha Rao expressway, which is India's longest at 11.6 kilometers.[12]

Reddy led several agitations for shifting of the garbage dump yard from Autonagar.[13] In 2003, he requested the then combined Andhra Pradesh Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, to visit the dump yard. The entire garbage generated by the twin cities used to be dumped in a 40-acre dumping yard in the Autonagar area. Over one lakh people in the nearby 20 colonies and 10 villages were suffering from dangerous health hazards, and deaths in the region increased. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy raised this issue in an assembly session. Sudheer Reddy, after becoming the HUDA chairman, passed orders to shift the Autonagar dump yard from Hyderabad.[14][15]

Reddy took initiatives to protect the environment and lakes by installing sewage treatment plants. He said that sewage generated from the colonies in Madhapur and Jubilee Hills had flowed into the lake for years, polluting Durgam Cheruvu.[16]

He has taken up initiative of plantation drive in 11 mandals, covering 109 panchayats outside the municipal corporation limits of Hyderabad. As a part of this program, two lakhs plants were planted in record time.[17]

Padayatra

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In 2003, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy began a 60-day, 1,500 km padayatra to highlight problems which were being faced by farmers due to drought. Sudheer Reddy accompanied Rajasekhara Reddy on the padayatra. Sudheer Reddy helped organise rallies and public meetings between villages with locals.[18][19]

Family

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Sudheer Reddy was born to D. Jayachandra Reddy and D. Chandrakala. His father was a government employee in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh. He is married to Devireddy Kamala Sudheer Reddy[20] and has two children, namely Preetham and Goutham.

References

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  1. ^ Randhir Reddy (13 March 2014), Mr. D. Sudheer Reddy, M.L.A., L.B. Nagar - 30-year History - LATEST, retrieved 25 July 2019
  2. ^ "Americanteluguassociation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. ^ V, Swathi (22 April 2014). "L.B. Nagar may witness polarisation of vote". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2009". www.elections.in. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2009". www.elections.in. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Telangana State Portal Members of Legislative Assembly". www.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Lal Bahadur Nagar Assembly election Result 2018: Congress' Devi Reddy Sudheer Reddy wins". www.timesnownews.com.
  8. ^ Henry, Nikhila (12 December 2018). "TRS sweeps RR rural and urban constituencies". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Sudheer Reddy takes charge as HUDA chief". The Hindu. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2019.[dead link]
  10. ^ "MLA Sudheer Reddy named chairman of Musi Corpn". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Auction of plots: HUDA to seek transfer of Government land". The Hindu. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2019.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Expressway faces many hurdles | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Sudheer Reddy takes charge as HUDA chief". The Hindu. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2019.[dead link]
  14. ^ "Andhra Pradesh News : HUDA to shift Autonagar dump yard". The Hindu. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2019.[dead link]
  15. ^ "Relocate Autonagar dump: YSR | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  16. ^ Nitin B. (8 November 2016). "Durgam Cheruvu: A timeline of how Hyderabad destroyed its 'secret lake'". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : YSR to kick-start HUDA's green drive". The Hindu. 24 July 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2019.[dead link]
  18. ^ "YSR's padayatra to begin on April 9 | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  19. ^ "YSR padayatra from today". The Hindu. 9 April 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2019.[dead link]
  20. ^ India, The Hans (17 November 2018). "Spouse campaigns for Sudhir Reddy". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.