Deccan Chronicle

NAIDU’S DEEKSHA IN DELHI TO COST AP `2 CR

- S.N.C.N ACHARYULU | DC

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrabab­u Naidu proposed one-day Deeksha in New Delhi on February 11, to demand special status for the state, will cost the government `2 crore.

The AP finance department has released budget release order for `2 crore to make arrangemen­ts.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrabab­u Naidu proposed one-day Deeksha in New Delhi on February 11, to demand special status for the state, will cost the government

`2 crore.

The AP finance department has released Budget Release Order for `2 crore to make arrangemen­ts. Of this, it has released `1,12,16,465. This expenditur­e excludes the charges for a special aircraft to fly the CM. To mobilise the public for the Deeksha, the AP government has hired two special trains with 20 compartmen­ts each from SCR. One train will start from Anantapur and the other from Srikakulam to reach New Delhi by February 10 to transport activists of political parties and organisati­ons to participat­e in the deeksha.

The two special trains set off on Friday. The protocol wing of the AP general administra­tion department said the special train from Srikakulam cost

`59,49,380 and the one from Anantapur `42,67,085. The government deposited `10 lakh for the coaches. The total comes to

`1,12,16,465.

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