Austerity out of the window as Andhra ministers go abroad on study tour

October 27, 2015 09:30

At a time when the Andhra Pradesh government is embarking upon a severe austerity drive to tide over financial crisis, several of its top officials are on a world tour to 'study' prominent cities and their best practices.

In July, the AP cabinet had cleared a foreign tour by CRDA officials to undertake a survey of newly-built cities and implement some of those ideas back home in Amaravati.

While one CRDA team has already left for China, several other teams -- totaling about 10 officials led by commissioner N Srikanth -- will begin their tour on Wednesday.

Interestingly, P Naryana, the municipal & urban development minister and a close confidante of CM N Chandrababu Naidu, will also join the teams soon, sources said.

The government has finalised a list of 10 cities across the globe -- eight Asian, one South American and one European -- for the tour that will wind up on November 7.

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