Security at Kuntala falls beefed up

Tourists and visitors can no longer get close to the famous Kuntala waterfalls in Neredigonda in Adilabad district as security has been tightened to prevent deaths.  

Eleven security guards have been deployed and given walkie-talkies to control the movements of the enthusiastic tourists and visitors and alert them from going to risky spots at the waterfalls where several tourists have drowned in the past.

Number of visitors increased at Kuntala waterfall. Visitors are not allowed with liquor but are coming to Kuntala after consuming liquor in the nearest town Neredigonda.

Local youth have been employed as guards and guides and fencing has been erected around the waterfall to restrict the movements of the tourists.

However, tourists are not happy with the new restrictions as most of them want to take photographs in the waters and splash around. That has been banned.

A loud speaker system has been put in place sound the alerts if someone is in danger. The staff is unhappy with the paltry salary of Rs 2,000 as some of them are graduates.  

B. Ravinder, guard on duty at Kuntala waterfalls, said they were strictly following the visitors timings of 10 am to 4 pm which was sometimes is violates by the people coming in from faraway places.

Rudramadevi frenzy begins

Rudramma Ratham of the movie Rudramadevi was generated curiosity among the people of the Telangana as it was the first movie shot at Kuntala waterfall in the Adilabad. Also the subject of the movie is Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau in 13^th Century.

The tag line of the movie is ‘The Warrior Queen’.  Rani Rudrama Devi was one of the few ruling queens in Indian history. 

The film was shot at Kuntala waterfall for many days with the film unit including actor Anushka and Rana Daggupati playing lead roles in the movie and director Gunashekhar in November, 2013.

Rudramma Ratham is touring in the Telangana districts with the gigantic photograph of Rudrama Devi on it. Frenzied people are taking photographs of Rudramma Ratham and also selfie all along the tour. Actors Allu Arjun and Krishnam Raju and Prakash Raj also play important roles in the movie.

The director Gunashekhar has launched movie’s rath yatra for publicity and touring the places where the movie is going to be released in the theaters in the first of October.

The publicity has generated curiosity among the people as the subject of the movie is historical and taught as a lesson in their school days in the past. The movie is said to be next big budget movie after Bahubali made by the Rajamouli.

K. Rajasekhar of Khanapur who took a selfie with Rudramma Ratham on its arrival to the town said they were eagerly waiting for the release of the movie as it was historical subject related to Telangana region.

He observed that it was the first big budget movie which was made on the subject of the Telangana.

Retaining wall at Kuntala

Retaining wall will be constructed before the existing iron fencing at downward at the Kuntala waterfall to prevent deaths and many other security measures also chalked out for the safety of the tourists.

Collector M. Jagan Mohan and Boath MLA Rathod Bapurao inspected the waterfalls and inquired about the reasons for the deaths taking pace frequently at the waterfall and sought suggestions.