Nizamabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao directed officials not to bring students on to the roads to welcome VIPs during their visits to the places.
He received a grand welcome in Armoor on Thursday and a large number of schoolchildren waited to welcome him with flowers and flags.
Addressing a public meeting there, Mr Rao said forcing students to wait for hours was not advisable. He said that officials should strictly follow his orders in entire Telangana with immediate effect.
The chief minister reached Armoor 2 hours later than the schedule forcing students in Nizamabad and Armoor towns to wait in the sun.
Meanwhile, the CM’s road travel disrupted traffic movement and led to snarls on NH-44, NH-63 and Nizamabad-Narsi inter-state road. Police officers halted vehicles, including RTC buses and two wheelers, to make way for the chief minister’s convoy in view of the CM''s convoy.
CM Chandrasekhar Rao reached the district from Hyderabad in a specially designed bus.
