Telangana state Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has spent Rs 6 crore on travelling through helicopter to various districts since September 2014.The AP Aviation Corporation had arranged for a helicopter for the CM, which was stationed at the Begumpet airport from September 15 to December 31, 2014. Special chief secretary to Telangana government and industries secretary K. Pradeep Chandra issued orders on Wednesday stating that the expenditure towards hiring a helicopter for one month was approximately Rs 2 crore and the entire expenditure incurred so far had been around Rs 6 crore.
Mr Chandra issued orders on Sunday releasing Rs 4.92 crore to the Telangana Aviation Corporation towards hiring of helicopters/aircraft for the CM and other VVIP tour programmes in Telangana.
Adding to this, another Rs 15 lakh was released to set up additional CCTV cameras at the CM’s camp office in Begumpet.