Centre blocking TS growth: KTR
THE MINISTER also took a dig at the Centre for not coming forward to help with the Bayyaram steel plant, railway coach factory, Mega Textile Park-Warangal etc.
IT minister K.T. Rama Rao on Saturday slammed the BJP and NDA government, accusing them of standing in the way of the development of Telangana state.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Mr Rama Rao said that the NDA government at the Centre did not fulfil any of the promises made to TS in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 in the past four years and now the state unit of the BJP is trying to block the Hyderabad Pharma City project under the pretext of concerns about pollution.
This project was created with the intention of generating jobs for four lakh people and to turn Hyderabad into a global hub for the pharmaceutical industry.
He said that the NDA government had not come forward to support any of the projects by the TS government.
IT minister K.T. Rama Rao on Saturday slammed the BJP and NDA government, accusing them of standing in the way of the development of Telangana state.
He also came down heavily on BJP MLAs G. Kishan Reddy, K. Laxman and Chithala Ramachandra Reddy, asking them to exercise their influence within the party to bring more projects to TS from the Centre and not to block projects like Pharma City by asking the Centre to deny approvals.
“Pharma City will be the world’s largest pharma park, spread over 19,000 acres. I agree with the BJP MLAs’ argument that the pharma industry causes pollution. But in Pharma City we will use world-class technology to ensure zero liquid discharge. The world’s top consultants had been roped in to prepare the master designs. Why will we allow Pharma City to pollute the city and its surroundings? We are more concerned about pollution than you are. For this reason, we are shifting all the bulk drug companies from the city to the outskirts,” Mr Rao added.
Mr Rao said that despite the Centre not extending any help to the Telangana IT sector, the state government had taken measures of its own and had set up the IT park in Budwel, spread over 360 acres on the outskirts of the city.
Minister K.T. Rama Rao said that despite the Centre not extending any help to the Telangana IT sector, the state government had taken measures of its own and had set up the IT park in Budwel, spread over 360 acres on the outskirts of the city.