Devireddy Sudheer Reddy
SpouseKamala Sudheer Reddy
Alma materOsmania University
Websitehttp://dsudheerreddy.com/
CountryIndia
OfficeMember of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term start2018
ConstituencyL. B. Nagar
PredecessorR. Krishnaiah
Office 1Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Constituency 1L. B. Nagar
Term 12009-2014
Predecessor 1Constituency Established
Successor 1Telangana Assembly Created
Office 2The Chairman, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority
Term 22004-2008
PartyBharat Rashtra Samiti (2019-present)
Other partyIndian National Congress (2009-2019)
Birth date27 July 1962 (age 64)

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.

Early life and education

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

Career

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 pulled 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

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

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

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

  1. ^ Randhir Reddy (2014-03-13), "Mr. D. Sudheer Reddy, M.L.A., L.B. Nagar - 30-year History - LATEST", retrieved 2019-07-25
  2. ^ "Americanteluguassociation". Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  3. ^ V, Swathi (2014-04-22). "L.B. Nagar may witness polarisation of vote" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2009". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  5. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2009". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  6. ^ "Telangana State Portal Members of Legislative Assembly". www.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  7. ^ "Lal Bahadur Nagar Assembly election Result 2018: Congress' Devi Reddy Sudheer Reddy wins". www.timesnownews.com
  8. ^ Henry, Nikhila (2018-12-12). "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. 2004-06-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.[dead link]
  10. ^ "MLA Sudheer Reddy named chairman of Musi Corpn". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  11. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Auction of plots: HUDA to seek transfer of Government land". The Hindu. 2005-09-01. Retrieved 2019-05-31.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Expressway faces many hurdles | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  13. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Sudheer Reddy takes charge as HUDA chief". The Hindu. 2004-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-02.[dead link]
  14. ^ "Andhra Pradesh News : HUDA to shift Autonagar dump yard". The Hindu. 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2019-06-01.[dead link]
  15. ^ "Relocate Autonagar dump: YSR | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  16. ^ Nitin B. (2016-11-08). "Durgam Cheruvu: A timeline of how Hyderabad destroyed its 'secret lake'". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  17. ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : YSR to kick-start HUDA's green drive". The Hindu. 2004-07-24. Retrieved 2019-05-31.[dead link]
  18. ^ "YSR's padayatra to begin on April 9 | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  19. ^ "YSR padayatra from today". The Hindu. 2003-04-09. Retrieved 2019-06-01.[dead link]
  20. ^ India, The Hans (2018-11-17). "Spouse campaigns for Sudhir Reddy". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.