Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been invited by the Governor of California to attend a meet on clean energy.
Edmond G Brown Jr, Governor of California, has invited Rao to the 'Sub-continental Clean Energy Ministerial' to be held in San Francisco in June, an official release said here today.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Biswal handed over the invite to K T Rama Rao, IT Minister and son of the CM, during her visit to the city today.
"Both Telangana and California are facing similar challenges in terms of rainfall shortage and reduced green cover in their respective states. In this context both the states should work jointly to overcome these challenges," the release said, quoting Brown in the invite.
Meanwhile, Rama Rao explained to the visiting US official about the initiatives being taken by the Telangana government for the promotion of industrial growth in the state.
