Allocate Rs 7,000 crore to Telangana in budget: KT Rama Rao to Nirmala Sitaraman

HYDERABAD: Telangana municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao has urged union finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman to allocate about ₹7,000 crore to Telangana government in the upcoming union budget for 2022-2023 financial year by way of funding or contribution.
He asked financial assistance from the Centre for various projects under municipal administration and urban development department such as expansion of metro rail connectivity in the city, construction of flyovers, junction improvements, strategic road development programe (SRDP), linking of East and West parts of Hyderabad city, and construction of sewerage treatment plants.
In a letter to the union finance minister on Thursday, KTR sought funds for a six lane elevated corridor from Paradise Junction (at Gymkhana Grounds) to ORR Junction near Shamirpet (v) on Rajiv Rahadari and another six lane elevated corridor from Paradise Junction to ORR Junction near Kandlakoya.
While the project cost is about ₹9,000 crore excluding the land cost, he said, the defence land for this elevated corridors is pending with the union defence ministry.
As the Centre allocated huge funds for Bangalore metro in the earlier budget, the minister sought financial assistance for metro rail project. “The state government is proposing expansion of metro network along KPHB-Kokapet and Narsingi corridor. While the preliminary estimates of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) is ₹3,050 crore, the Centre is requested to sanction 15% of the project cost i.e ₹450 crore,” KTR said. He said the proposed corridor will be 30 kms long with an expected ridership of five lakhs by 2030 and will have connectivity with the proposed Airport express at Narsingi and with the existing Metro network at the Financial district, the minister said. He also asked funds for Warangal Metro-Neo project costing about ₹184 crores.
“Telangana government is exploring possibility of manufacturing Metro-Neo coaches in Telangana in conformity to Gol policy of “Make in India” and “Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan,” he said.