Now, here’s some great news for 2,400 Andhra Villages

Over 2,400 adopted! Sounds like a mass adoption programme. The obvious question: Is Angelina Jolie a part of it? Well, it might have been, had it not been adoption of villages.

In a bid to implement the ‘Smart Village-Smart Ward’ initiative by the Andhra Pradesh Government, several Indian-Americans have decided to adopt more than 2,400 villages in AP.

Nara Lokesh, Telugu Desam Party leader and son of AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, met several Indian-Americans in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Portland and Dallas, asking them to invest in the villages for its comprehensive development.

He met Assistant Secretary of Commerce Arun Kumar and discussed the smart city project in particular that of Vishakhapatnam, according to a report in the Economic Times.
"I explained the immense potential our State presented as an investment destination and requested his support in making AP a manufacturing hub," he said.

According to a media statement, Lokesh also met Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Indian- American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and discussed several potential areas in trade and investments between Louisiana and AP.

Jindal expressed his pleasure about the significant improvement in the 'ease of doing business in India' and the Government's initiatives.

Lokesh also met a host of business leaders including Vinod Khosla, founder of Sun Microsystems, Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe and Paul Humphries, group President of Flextronics.

After smart phones and smart cities, the day is not far when villages would be smart too, with true enthusiasm, effort and little bit of investment by their fostering parents.

(Image credits: teluguandhranews.com)