Telangana: KT Rama Rao slams Centre for not giving land in Secunderabad for skyways

HYDERABAD: Municipal administration and urban development minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday slammed the Centre for not releasing 100 acres of defence land to build skyways in Secunderabad Cantonment and keeping the state’s request pending for seven years.
On Tuesday, KTR laid foundation stones and inaugurated several projects worth Rs 499 crore in the city.
While addressing a public meeting at Gajularamaram after inauguration of a sports park, KTR said, “The Telangana government is ready to spend Rs 5,000 crore to build skyways.For the past seven years we have been asking the Centre to allot the defence land, but there has been no reply. The Telangana government is committed to infrastructure projects and we will start the work on a flyover at Suchitra at Medchal.”
KTR said that the state government is building 31 ‘sewerage treatment plants’ (STPs) in Greater Hyderabad and its periphery at a cost of Rs 3,866 crore to achieve 100% conversion of sewer water into treated water. The minister laid a foundation stone for the STPs building under package-III at Quthbullapur.
He also laid a foundation stone to widen the road between Bachupally and ORR. Later, he inaugurated the urban forest & multi-purpose function hall at Chintal.