TS Legislative Assembly sessions in the local regional languages

Hyderabad March 7: Now the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council as well as legislative sessions in the local regional languages i.e, in Telugu and Urdu.Telangana has become the first in the country to provide information online.

"This is an effort to make legislative matters accessible to more people in Telugu and Urdu," Assembly Speaker S Madhusudhana Chary said after a simple ceremony during which two new web portals in the local languages went live. The websites for both the Assembly and Council can be accessed at http:www.telanganalegislature.org.in, where a user can choose the language option.



Calling it a 'milestone' in the less than three year existence of India's newest state, the Speaker said that people no longer need to feel excluded from accessing information online due to language issues. "People can know what their representatives are doing, what questions they are asking," he said.

The Telugu website was launched by Madhusudhana Chary, while the Urdu website was unveiled by Council chairman K. Swamy Goud.

A portal for member login was launched by legislative affairs minister T Harish Rao and the portal for departmental services by deputy speaker of the Assembly M Padma Devender Reddy. Goud said that some information is already available on the website while more is being added to make it comprehensive.