Several Non-Resident Indians have come forward to adopt 250 villages under the Smart Village and Smart Ward programme in Andhra Pradesh.
The spontaneous response came from NRIs during the presentation made by N. Lokesh, coordinator, Telugu Desam Workers Welfare Fund, in the Bay Area on Friday as part of his week- long US tour to attract investments to the State and create awareness about the Smart Village-Smart Ward programme. He was at Milpitas in Bay Area, California as part of the ‘Meet and Greet’ programme organised to interact with the NRIs, according to a press release from L. V. S. R. K. Prasad, chairman of the media committee of the TDP.
Mr. Lokesh shared the details about the smart village programme and its importance to transform the villages in the State and the vision of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to develop Andhra Pradesh as one of the best three States in the country by 2022, best State in the country by 2029 and the best State in South East Asia by 2050.
An NRI, Komati Jayaram recollecting his association with Mr. Chandrababu Naidu said that though they were far away from their mother land, they were connected to their native villages. Collective rather than individual efforts would ensure speedy results, he said. Telugu Times editor Chennuri Subba Rao announced that he would adopt his native village Chennur in Krishna district.
