A 'Joint Task Force' comprising chief secretaries and principal secretaries of PWD, Energy and Transport departments of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh will be constituted to improve road, rail and air connectivity between the two States.
This was disclosed by the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh and his counterpart from Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu while addressing a news conference here on Monday. Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh has excelled in Information Technology (IT) whereas Chhattisgarh has plenty of natural resources and has done well in the field of Energy.
"We have a number of ports and 14 ports will come up in Andhra Pradesh in totality. '' “AP will become the ‘Gateway of India’ on the east coast. A better connectivity between the two states will help us explore the potential in each,” said Naidu. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister who was accompanied by a group of entrepreneurs who held a meeting with officers and entrepreneurs of Chhattisgarh to discuss about the new avenues in either State.
“Since Chhattisgarh is a new State and AP is just over 100 days old, we both have constraints in particular with Finance,” Naidu said, adding, for the outcome of meeting between entrepreneurs it's a win-win situation as both the States have opportunities and we can
complement each other by working together. Naidu commended Chief Minister Raman Singh for his pro-poor activities and ability to inspire the bureaucracy which has shown tremendous enthusiasm in the State.
To a question regarding performance of BJP in the by-elections, Naidu said that elections are affected by local factors and its just 100 days of NDA Government.