Visakhapatnam  :

The 12th Lok Nayak Foundation Award will be presented to noted scholar and ‘Maha Sahasravadhani’ Garikapati Narasimha Rao here on January 23. The foundation’s Life Time Achievement award will be presented to Chalasani Gandhi for his services as trade union leader for the welfare of railway employees and workers.

Addressing newsmen, Lok Nayak Foundation chairman Y Lakshmi Prasad said that their foundation has been felicitating literary and social persons and litterateur Garikapati Narasimha Rao will receive Rs 1.5 lakh in cash, while Chalasani Gandhi will be presented Rs 50,000.

Lakshmi Prasad said that the award was being presented every year on January 18, the death anniversary of former chief minister of AP NT Rama Rao, but due to some reasons they are presenting it on January 23.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / January 23rd, 2016