Oppn case on Pharma City has no merit: KTR THERE WILL BE NO POWER PROBLEM FOR NEXT GENERATION, SAYS KTR
KTR opens logistics park, says city needs 11 m sq ft space
Industries minister K T Rama Rao on Thursday slammed the Opposition parties for what he called “politically motivated attacks” on the TRS government’s plans for setting up Pharma City near Hyderabad.
Mincing no words, Rama Rao said the hostility to the project was rooted in hatred the Opposition parties have for the state government. “The purpose of the protests against the project is only to prevent the government from earning a good name,” Rama Rao said.
The minister was speaking at Batasingaram in Ibrahimpatnam Assembly constituency where he inaugurated a trucks logistics park. Hyderabad, he said, has emerged as the city that supplied the world with medicines to fight the Coronavirus, be it drugs like hydroxy chloroquine tablets or Remdesivir, or the vaccines that have been developed in the city to combat Covid-19.
“Even former US President Donald Trump called our Prime Minister and asked India to send medicines to fight the Coronavirus and we sent them from here. Hyderabad is set to emerge further as the pharma and life sciences
TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao said that there was no power problem in Telangana after the state formation. “We have reached a stage where we can proudly say that in future there will be no power problem for our children,” he said. He was speaking with electricity labour workers at Telangana Bhavan.
He recalled that earlier, there used to be a threeday ‘power holiday’, and industrialists used to stage protests. “Our government has overcome all issues. We are producing 16,000 megawatts now from 7,000 megawatts earlier. In solar production, we have the second place in the country. We are supplying power without interruption,” he
The minister said the government would resolve the problems of the employees. of the power department. “This government is yours. We take special care of the employees,” he said. capital and the opposition to the Pharma City project is only to try and gain political mileage,” Rama Rao said.
He said fears over pollution from Pharma City were unfounded. The technology 30 or 20 years ago when pharma industry had come up in the city was different. Now, modern methods ensure there is no pollution from these industries. “Not just that, all those who will work in the Pharma City will live within it. When this can be done, there should be no fear of pollution among others,” Rama Rao said.
He said that farmers whose lands are to be used for Pharma City are being given plots and compensation and the project will create employment opportunities for the locals.
Rama Rao, on the truck logistics park, said there was enormous scope for Hyderabad, emerging as an industrial manufacturing hub, to ship products all over India and for export to other countries. Estimates are that the city will need 11 million square feet of logistics godown space against which we now have 50 lakh square feet.
There is tremendous scope for growth and the government is planning similar logistics parks around the Outer Ring Road.