Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has requested Defence minister Rajnath Singh to facilitate the transfer of 2,450 acres of defence lands to the state government for the construction of roads, flyovers and other infrastructure in and around Hyderabad.
Revanth, who is on a two-day trip to Delhi, met Rajnath Singh at the latter’s residence on Monday, and took along with him the newly-elected Congress MPs. For about 30 minutes he had discussions with Singh on the defence lands.
Revanth Reddy brought to the notice of the Union Defence minister that the Centre was utilising 2,462 acres of land owned by the state government for Research Centre Imarat (RCI) at Ravirala village in Ranga Reddy district.
He requested Rajnath Singh to transfer 2,450 acres of the defence land for the construction of roads, flyovers and other infrastructure in Hyderabad city as well as its surrounding areas, in exchange for the land in Ravirala. The Telangana chief minister also discussed the prospects of merging the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
Revanth also informed the Union Defence minister that the though the Centre had sanctioned a Sainik School for Warangal, the previous state government didn’t take any steps for the construction of the school. He requested Rajnath Singh to renew, or grant a fresh permit for the establishment of Warangal Sainik School, as the permission granted earlier has expired.
Members of Parliament Mallu Ravi, R Raghuram Reddy, Balaram Naik, Suresh Shetkar, Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, K Raghuveer Reddy, Kadiyam Kavya, Gaddam Vamsi and Anil Kumar Yadav accompanied him.
