Bhrigu Express: बलिया की आन बान और शान , भृगु एक्सप्रेस है तुम्हारा नाम। हर रविवार तुमसे मिलना है मेरा काम। - Shanzil Kabir

Karthik, The state govt. Did not rename the city recently. It has been the actual name as per records even before my birth. Its sad that AP Govt. is not ready to take up such matters seriously. On a flip side its not gonna harm much to any users since people who will read TELUGU only will be able to read the name in TELUGU. The majority of TELUGU speaking or understanding people would like it be a read as a TELUGU name rather than a Kannada name. FYI... Answering your other concerns, IRI does not just follow SBs or IR names blindly. There are instances where we give preference to convenience over rules. It would be better to leave the decision of local names on how they should be appeared on IRI page to a local admn or monitor.

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