Hyderabad : Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy along with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka submitted a representation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allocate funds for state progress.
He requested to allocate coal blocks to Singareni, 25 lakh houses to Telangana, Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR), 2,450 acres of defence lands and others in the Union Budget.
CM submitted nearly 12 demands, the coal mines, including Sravanpally coal blocks under Singareni limits should be allocated to Singareni Colleries Company Limited (SCCL) and the coal block should be removed from the auction, he said.
Reminding the Prime Minister that union Government holds 41 percent share in SCCL, the Chief Minister said three blocks in Koyagudem and Sattupalli should be allocated to SCCL.
Chief Minister also requested the union government to allot ITIR for Telangana. The UPA government had allotted ITIR to Telangana and to promote new companies and developers, the State Government had identified lands for three clusters, he said.
He also appealed to the Prime Minister to allot 25 lakh houses to Telangana under Prime Minister Awas Yojana, besides Rs.1800 crore under BRGF.
The State Government was planning to construct elevated corridors on the Karimnagar- Hyderabad and Nagpur- Hyderabad highways. Accordingly, we appeal to the the union government to allot 2,450 acres defence lands and in lieu of these allotments, the State Government was prepared to allot 2,462 acres at Riviryala to the union government, he said.
The Chief Minister wanted the union government to expedite the Regional Ring Road works, besides sanctioning 50 percent land acquisition cost for the project. He also appealed that 13 State Highways should be upgraded as national Highways.
