In Telangana survey, Naidu is a citizen residing in another state

Dismissing the allegations of ethnic profiling, Rao maintained that the survey is meant to weed out bogus beneficiaries of government schemes. “Today, all apprehensions have been demolished. Even Andhra people participated in the survey whole-heartedly and while filling the forms they realised that all this controversy was created unnecessarily as there is no nativity clause in it,’’ the Chief Minister said.

As the Telangana government had announced a holiday in view of the survey, all state transport and private buses and autorickshaws were off the road.

Hyderabad, Cyberabad and IT hotspots of Ranga Reddy district wore a deserted look while schools, colleges, business establishments, banks and even petrol outlets remained shut. But as Hyderabad is the joint capital, the Andhra Pradesh secretariat functioned normally.

Telangana people living as far as Surat and Kolkata made the trip back home to participate in the survey. Officials estimate that over 1.5 lakh people working in other states made the journey back to their villages to participate in the survey. However, film stars Pawan Kalyan and Vijayasanthi refused to give their details to enumerators.

KCR said the survey data would be computerized within a month after random checks are conducted again to verify if residents have given authentic information.

Once the data is computerized all the existing ration cards would be cancelled and new ration cards of Telangana state would be issued.

KCR to leave for Singapore on first trip abroad as CM

Hyderabad: In his first ever trip abroad after becoming the CM of the new state, Telangana, K Chandrasekhara Rao will leave for Singapore on Tuesday night. He will also visit Malaysia during the four-day trip.

KCR is expected to meet Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong and other officials to study the industrial policy of the Singapore government.

Rao said he had been invited by the Singapore government to see the model of growth of Singapore City and their zero-graft policy.

“Singapore officials invited me after coming to know of our plans to develop Hyderabad as a slum-free city.

They are also curious to know about the zero-graft policy that we are preparing,’’ Rao said. ENS