AP releases 14.51 crores for Haj pilgrims: Dy CM
Deputy Chief Minister Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari.
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh government released financial assistance worth 14.51 crores by issuing an order for the benefit of Haj pilgrims.
Deputy Chief Minister (minorities’ welfare) S.B. Amjad Basha thanked Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for providing financial aid for the benefit of Muslims to take up Haj pilgrimage.
He said that at a time when 1,813 Haj pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh with their embarkation point from Gannavaram in Vijayawada were getting worried as it would cost an additional expenditure of 80,000 per head, the CM issued directions to the officials concerned to consult the Union ministry of civil aviation and also the Union ministry of minority affairs to get the ticket price for those from AP on par with other embarkation points from Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
He said that when the CM was informed that the Union ministries expressed helplessness on the issue on technical grounds, the CM assured to bear the additional expenditure from the state government, and accordingly, a G.O. was issued releasing the amount.
He said that the released amount would be transferred to the Central Haj Committee of India online.
