KTR SEEKS DEFENCE LAND

Municipal administration and urban development minister K. Taraka Rama Rao on Saturday requested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to hand over defence land to the state government for developmental activities.

Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Saturday requested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to hand over defence land to the state government for developmental activities.

Mr Rao said even though the state government has offered to give 600 acres of its land against 100 acres of defence land, the Union government has been ignoring the proposal repeatedly. He said the delay by the centre has been causing great inconvenience to commuters in the city.

Mr Rao thanked Mr Gadkari for resolving decades-old issues by constructing the Amberpet and Uppal flyovers along with the sixlane Aramgarh Shamsabad section of the NH 44 between Hyderabad and Bengaluru and rehabilitation and upgrade of NH 765D from Hyderabad outer ring road to Medak.

He said the state government is ready with designs of the two skyways between Shamirpet and Turkapalli and Patny and Suchitra Junction respectively, and `2,500 crore has been earmarked for the same to be developed by HMDA. He said the defence ministry is not co-operating with the state government. Mr Rao also said the Metro rail of 30 km has begun and another 36 km would be ready by October.

Minister for Roads and Buildings Tummala Nageshwar Rao also requested Mr Gadkari for `1,000 crore from the Central Road Fund for the current financial year, funds for Regional Ring Road and other infrastructure projects in Telangana.