TS, AP registering rapid growth: Governor

Hyderabad: Governor ESL Narsimhan here advised the two Telugu States to forge ahead by extending mutual cooperation. Whatever were the reasons for bifurcation of the united State, the infant Telangana and the residuary Andhra Pradesh were racing towards rapid development, he said.

The Governor was speaking as the chief guest at the Common State Council meeting of Bharat Scouts & Guides Associations of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at Ravindra Bharathi here on Wednesday morning.

The Governor observed that both the Telugu States should take special interest in organising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s prestigious programme of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by the Scouts & Guides at least once a month and deliver a good message.

K P Mishra, Common Administrator for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Senior Vice President, Bharat Scouts & Guides, K Kavitha, MP, State Chief Commissioner G Kishan, State Commissioner (Scouts), BS&G Telangana State Association S Balasubramanyam, State Commissioner (Scouts) Sandhya Rani, State Commissioner (Guides) BS&G Andhra Pradesh, Vice-Presidents, District Chief Commissioners, District Commissioners (Scouts & Guides) and all other State Council Members from the both the State associations attended the meeting.

Addressing the meeting, Kavitha thanked the Governor for all his support and guidance. She felt that though the State Associations had been bifurcated, they continued to move hand in glove and working for strengthening the movement.

She opined that there was a need to extend better incentives to bring more children into the movement. Being an MP, she said, she would raise the issue in Parliament and try her level best to implement more incentives which were beneficial to both the trainers and Scouts and Guides. The Governor presented awards and certificates to the trainers and Scouts and Guides, who rendered exemplary services for the movement.