Justice B.N. Srikrishna, Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Centre to go into the Telangana issue, would undertake field visits in Andhra Pradesh from next week.
The retired Supreme Court Judge and other members would visit Krishna, Guntur and West Godavari districts in the first phase.
“From next week, I along with other members and the secretary will go around some of the districts, some of the villages to interact with people there,” Justice Srikrishna told reporters here after winding up a three-day visit to the city.
He said the five-member panel’s work is going on smoothly and as per schedule.
The Committee’s Member-Secretary V.K. Duggal said the members would meet Congress leaders next week, which would be the last round of consultations with political parties and professional groups.
The panel, set up early this year and asked to submit report by 2010-end, had elaborate discussions with three groups of Congress leaders from Telangana on Tuesday.
Mr. Duggal, former Union Home Secretary, said the panel would complete field visits across the state by August-end.
To a query, Mr. Duggal and another Committee member Abu Saleh Sharif said they tried to ascertain the opinion of common people during field visits and that political workers do not get preference over ordinary people.
