Centre ignoring promises made to Telangana: KTR

None of the project proposals forwarded by Telangana has received approval, says Minister

Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao has criticised the Central government for ignoring the projects forwarded by Telangana and not implementing the assurances given in the State Reorganisation Act.

The Minister took a dig at the Congress and the BJP leaders for indulging in “cheap politics” in their efforts to bring down the reputation of the State, which was ranked among the top contributors to the country’s economy. The Centre had not implemented the assurances given to Telangana like setting up of a railway coach factory, tribal university, steel factory at Bayyaram and the ITIR as promised in the State Reorganisation Act.

But the BJP promised rail coach factory in Maharashtra during the previous elections and the factory was set up within two years at Latur. The Telangana government proposed to develop five industrial corridors — Hyderabad-Nagpur, Hyderabad-Warangal, Hyderabad-Mumbai, Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Hyderabad-Vijayawada — but none of them had received approval so far.