Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy along with his Deputy Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi and raised issues related to pending projects and dues from the Centre to the state.
Post the meeting, Deputy CM Bhatti, while addressing the media said they urged the prime minister to accord national status to the Palamuru Rangareddy Project per a clause in the Andhra Pradesh state re-organization act.
He further highlighted that the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh was also accorded national status as per the said clause.
“We got separate statehood after a huge struggle. There are many promises which were made during the state division, which are still pending. We have requested the prime minister to resolve it. The previous government failed to put pressure on the union government,” Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said.
Telangana CM and his Deputy also requested the prime minister to release the pending grants worth Rs 1,800 crore for the years 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 according to the act.
Earlier, the newly formed state received an amount of Rs 2,250 from the Center as grants of R .450 crore per year from 2015 to 2021, they said. They also urged the prime minister to release pending funds worth Rs 2,233.54 crore from the 15th Finance Commission.
Other issues brought to the notice of PM Modi during the meeting include the Center’s approval on the up-gradation of 12 roads in the state to National Highways, admissions in tribal university in Mulugu for the 2023-24 academic year, establishment of a steel factory in combined Khammam district and coach factory in Khazipet.
The restoration of ITIR in Hyderabad, the up-gradation of Kakitaya Mega Textile Park in Warangal from Brown Field Park to Green Field Park, the sanction of IIM to Hyderabad, the establishment of Sainik School at the cantonment area in Secunderabad, the shifting of Indian Army’s headquarters from Pune to the cantonment area in Secunderabad, solve the issues related to the division of government organizations mentioned in ninth and tenth schedules in the state re-organization act and seeking Centre’s cooperation in the division of combined Bhavan in Delhi were some of the other topics discussed in the meeting.
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