KTR seeks transfer of defence lands in Hyd

Hyderabad Telangana's Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi and requested him to transfer certain defence lands in Hyderabad to the state government for development of skyways and other various infrastructure projects.

After the meeting, Rama Rao said the state government had requested the Centre for transfer of lands for developing skyways. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao himself had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the request but there was no response.

"Defence Ministers are changing but there is no change in the stand of the Central government," said KTR, as Rama Rao is popularly known.

The State minister told media persons that the state government had been requesting the Centre to transfer defence lands for construction of skyways from Jubilee Bus Stand to Rajiv Rahdari, from Paradise Circle to Medchal ORR. He said he met Rajnath Singh to make a request once again.

KTR said that if the Defence Ministry comes forward to give 96 acres of land for Jubilee Bus Stand-Rajiv Rahadari skyway and 56 acres for Paradise Circle-Medchal ORR skyway, the state government would give alternate land