vijayawada the rich and exclusive history of the city needs to be mapped said prof aloka parashersen in her keynote address at the national seminar on vijayawada through the ages she said history of each locality of vijayawada should be documented studying cultural social and natural heritage can then be the accumulated into the history of the city parashersen saidmandali buddha prasad deputy speaker of the legislative assembly who inaugurated the seminar said the history of vijayawada is segmented and fragmented which should be integrated and brought out in a comprehensive manner by mapping area in and around the city m malakondaiah director general of police ap emphasised the need to revise and analyse various dimensions of society economy religion and more pertinently the geography of the area amareswar galla chief curator amaravati heritage town recalled the history of vijayawada and appealed to the vmc commissioner to sensitise citizens on heritage precincts that deserve preservation d vizai bhaskar director dolc appealed to the citizens to protect the citys glorious past jandhyala sankar former mayor recalled the growth of the city since 1850the event was organised by cultural centre of vijayawada amaravati in association with department of language culture government of ap and vijayawada municipal corporation senior journalist padmasri turlapati kutumba rao presided over the inaugural session dr e sivanagi reddy ceo cca and convener of the seminar briefed on the aims and objectives of the seminar scholars from tamil nadu ap karnataka pondicherry telangana and maharashtra attended the event and presented papers on art and architecture archaeology socioeconomic development and nationalist movements the ccva will bring out the proceedings of the seminar in the form of a book soon