Thursday 17 April 2008

Babus in Andhra on foreign jaunts

U Sudhakar Reddy
Two ministers and 20 top officials of the state are on foreign jaunts this summer.
The home minister, Mr K. Jana Reddy, is on an official visit to the United States along with officials and the minister for revenue, Mr Dharmana Prasada Rao, is on a private trip to London.
Top officials of the industries department, police, APSRTC and GHMC are also spending the summer abroad.
The principal secretary (Industries and Commerce), Mr Busi Sam Bob, AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd CMD, Mr B.P. Acharya and additional secretary to Chief Minister, Mr M. Pratap, are visiting China from April 20 to April 29 on an official trip.
The principal secretary (Home), Mr P.V. Naidu, Fire and Emergency Services department director general, Ms Aruna Bahuguna and additional DG (Law and Order), Mr A.K. Khan, are on a visit to the US from April 9 to April 20 along with the home minister. This is also an official tour which will cost the government Rs 35 lakh.
Other officials include the GHMC additional commissioner, Mr Dhanunjeya Reddy, chief veterinary officer, Mr Venkateswara Reddy and additional commissioner (Health), Mr Ram Mohan Rao. IAS official, Mr Jayesh Ranjan, and the Tourism Department director, Mr K.V. Reddy, visited Colombo on April 5 and 6.
The principal secretary, Mr G. Sudhir, visited Berlin while Panchayat Raj and Rural Development secretary, Mr Ajay Mishra visited Bangkok.
Several other officials are also going on private and official visits.
A senior official of the general administration department said the government had decided to restict foreign tours as many officials were undertaking them without any need

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