HYDERABAD: Unhappy with the union government for ignoring the repeated pleas of Telangana for defence land, to construct two skyways, municipal administration and urban development minister, KT Rama Rao, on Tuesday said that if the Centre continues its silence, the state will take up the project on its own.
“If they come forward and hand over the defence land, it’s well and good. Otherwise, the state government will make necessary changes to the initial plan and execute the project with its own funds,” the minister said, while speaking at the inauguration of the Balanagar flyover.
He said that the state government wants to build two skyways i.e. from Patny to Suchitra and Jubilee Bus Stand to Outer Ring Road (ORR), Turkapally.
“The money has been arranged, HMDA officials have been given all instructions about the project, and we decided to go ahead even if the expenditure runs into Rs 3,000 crore or Rs 4,000 crore because it is for the people. But despite all this, for the last four years, we have been struggling to get a response from the Union government to allot the required defence land that comes in the way of the project,” Rao said
The minister said that the Centre is not responding to Telangana’s pleas for four years and they do not understand the woes of the people of Hyderabad, as a result of which these skyways are getting delayed.
