Andhra Pradesh: Naidu abandons chopper ride due to adverse weather

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu changed his travel plans due to bad weather. His helicopter landed at Gannavaram Airport, and he took a special flight to Rajahmundry. He is headed to Malakapalli village for a welfare pension distribution event

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who set off for Malakapalli village in East Godavari district in a helicopter from his home in Undavalli on Tuesday, shelved his journey in the initial stage due to adverse weather and shifted to a special flight, said a source.

Owing to inclement weather, the Chief Minister’s helicopter landed in Gannavaram Airport, where he changed plans to take a special flight to Rajahmundry, it said.

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“He was going to Kovvuru from home. After crossing Gannavaram, the weather conditions in the forward region were not conducive, prompting the abandonment of the helicopter journey. He then shifted to a special flight and has already reached Rajahmundry,” the source told PTI.

Naidu is now on his way to Malakapalli village in East Godavari district’s Tallapudi mandal to participate in a welfare pensions disbursal programme. “I don’t think it is an emergency landing, don’t know if we can even categorise it as an emergency landing,” said the source.