The Government of Telangana has declared a public holiday on August 20 (Wednesday) in view of the Intensive Household Survey carried out on Tuesday.
In an official press release, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao profusely thanked and congratulated all the enumerators who had worked from morning till late in the night to collect details from households, as part of the survey.
Earlier, the government announced holiday only to the staff (enumerators) who participated in the survey but later declared it a public holiday for all.