2024-07-05 09:00:03
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today. During the meeting, Revanth Reddy presented several requests concerning the state’s development and infrastructure needs.
Revanth Reddy urged Prime Minister Modi to allocate coal blocks in the Singareni area to the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). He emphasised the need to remove the Sravanapalli coal block from the auction list and allocate the Koyagudem and Sattupalli Block 3 mines to SCCL. The Chief Minister noted that the Telangana government holds a 51 per cent stake in SCCL, while the central government holds 41 per cent, highlighting the importance of these allocations to meet the energy needs of state power plants.
The Congress leader further reminded Prime Minister Modi about the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) sanctioned for Hyderabad and Bengaluru by the UPA government in 2010. He urged the revival of ITIR for Hyderabad, pointing out that the Telangana government has identified land in three clusters to promote new IT companies and developers.
Revanth Reddy also requested immediate approval for an IIM in Hyderabad, citing the availability of suitable land within the Hyderabad Central University campus.
The Chief Minister informed the Prime Minister that Telangana received fewer houses under the first phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) due to previous non-compliance with guidelines. He requested the allocation of 2.5 million houses to Telangana in the upcoming PMAY phase starting in 2024-25.
To address traffic needs in Hyderabad, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy requested the transfer of 2,450 acres of defence land to the state. This land would be used for constructing elevated corridors on the Hyderabad-Karimnagar and Hyderabad-Nagpur highways (NH-44) and for road expansion and other infrastructure projects within the city.
Additionally, Revanth Reddy requested the release of Rs 1,800 crore owed to Telangana from 2019-2023 under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF).
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy also met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking funds for modernizing the Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TG NAB) and the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TG CSB). He requested Rs 88 crore for TG NAB and Rs 90 crore for TG CSB.
