Racing Ahead

As Hyderabad prepares to host the Formula E grand prix on Feb. 11 next year, K.T. Rama Rao, Telangana’s municipal administration and urban development minister, is striving to showcase the state capital’s growth as a global city. The precincts of Hussainsagar, in the heart of the city and also the race venue, are being given a facelift. This includes a martyrs’ memorial for those who died fighting for separate statehood and the swank state secretariat complex, which will also be ready by then. Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, too, should get a boost ahead of the 2023 polls.