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AP: Officials told to achieve world records in holding Yogandhra event

Vijayawada, June 18 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary K Vijayanand has instructed the officials to make all efforts to achieve several world records and place AP at the first position in the country by organising the YogaAndhra programme, which will be organized across the State on the International Yoga Day June 21 in Visakhapatnam.
The Chief Secretary held a video conference with the secretaries of the concerned departments and district collectors from the State Secretariat on Wednesday regarding the YogaAndhra program.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that almost all the arrangements for the organization of this programme had been completed and advised the officers of all departments to work continuously for the next three days to make this programme a complete success.
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