State to spend Rs 25 Cr on World Telugu Conference

Elaborate arrangements are being made for the three-day long World Conference from December 7.

Talking to reporters after holding a review meeting with the officials at Padmavathi Guest House here on Sunday, Minister for Tourism and Culture Vatti Vasantha Kumar informed that the State Government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for the event. He said elaborate arrangements were being made for the conference which would be attended by about 1,500 people from abroad, nearly 2,000 from various Indian states and 8,000 from Andhra Pradesh.

Besides Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, several politicians, artists, poets and scholars are likely to participate in the event. (INN)