Devireddy Sudheer Reddy

Devireddy Sudheer Reddy (born 27 July 1962) (sometimes spelled as Devi Reddy Sudheer Reddy or D. Sudheer Reddy)[1] is an Indian politician elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009[2] and Telangana Legislative Assembly in 2018[3] for the Lal Bahadur Nagar constituency.[4] Reddy won the seat against Mudda Ram Mohan Goud of TRS by 17,848 votes, with the former polling 113,980 votes and the latter 96,132.[5] Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority from 2004 to 2008.[6] He is appointed as Musi River Development Front Corporation Limited Chairman by Telangana government in February, 2020 for a period of three years.[7]

Devireddy Sudheer Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
In office 2018-incumbent
Preceded by	R. Krishnaiah
Constituency	L.B. Nagar
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009-2014
Constituency	L.B. Nagar
The Chairman, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority
In office 2004-2008
Personal details
Born	27 July 1962
Political party	Telangana Rashtra Samiti (March, 2019 to present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until March 2019)
Spouse(s)	Kamala Sudheer Reddy
Children	2
Alma mater	Osmania University
Website	http://dsudheerreddy.com/

Background

Reddy was the youngest elected member of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad from Malakpet constituency in 1986.[8]

He is the first M.L.A (Member of the Legislative Assembly) of the L.B. Nagar Constituency. L.B. Nagar, as a separate constituency emerged in 2009 polls of Andhra Pradesh after the delimitation exercise.[9] He won the election with a total of 67510 votes.[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 then combined Andhra Pradesh Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to visit the dump yard. The entire garbabe generated by the twin cities used to be dumped in a 40-acre dumping yard in an area of Autonagar. 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

The 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

Reddy and family, 2018

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.

References

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