Karimnagar, Oct.14 : Union Minister and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar commended Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS), Odyaram, in Gangadhara mandal for earning national recognition under the Swachh evam Harit Vidyalaya Rating (SHVR) 2025–26. The school achieved the 23rd rank among 190 selected schools nationwide and stood as one of only 10 government schools from Telangana to secure national accolades for cleanliness, hygiene, and environmental conservation.
During an interaction, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay personally congratulated in-charge Headmaster E. Srinivas and former Mandal Educational Officer Enugu Prabhakar Rao for their continuous development efforts. Expressing pride over a school in his constituency achieving national honors, the Minister invited the school delegation to visit his official residence during their upcoming trip to New Delhi for the felicitation ceremony.
The national award ceremony will be held shortly in New Delhi, where the school will receive a certificate of appreciation alongside a cash incentive of ₹1,00,000 to further improve infrastructure and green initiatives. ZPHS Odyaram previously bagged state-level recognition in 2016–17, driven by its sustained focus on sanitation and green cover.
The congratulatory meeting was attended by TPUS President A. Tirupati Rao, Kanakoti Haricharan, Burra Nagaraju, Dyavanapalli Srikanth Rao, and 50th Division Corporator Boinpalli Praveen Rao. Former Headmaster Enugu Prabhakar Rao credited the collective effort of teachers, staff, and students for making the institution a role model for other government schools across the district.
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