CM KCR hoisted tri colour at Golconda Fort in Hyderabad

The Chief Minister hoisted the national flag at Golconda Fort on Monday on the occasion of Independence Day at a glittering function amidst a pleasing atmosphere. Addressing the people of the state on this occasion, he extended compliments to the people as they were celebrating the Independence Day while the Krishna River was having holy Pushkarams.

Stressing on the need for friendly relations between the states, particularly among the neighboring ones, he said that in his address as part of first ID celebrations in Telangana, he announced categorically that Telangana would have a friendly relations with the neighboring states. “The steps taken in this direction have given good results in the form of solutions to several problems,” the Chief Minister said.

The state was able to achieve good relations with Maharashtra, Karnataka and Chattisgarh and Telangana has entered into an agreement with CG to get 1000 MW of power. Within four months the power would reach Telangana. The previous governments made the interstate irrigation projects construction a complicated one by adopting wrong policies and with this the projects proposed on Godavari River failed to make progress.

Steps have been taken for the construction of 330 warehouses with a storage capacity of 17.07 lakh tones since there were only 176 warehouses with a capacity of 4.17 lakh tons when the state was formed. Soon this number would be taken up 506 warehouses. Works of Mission Bhagiratha are progressing well and already people of Gajwel were provided with Godavari water. By March 2018 all the villages would get Godavari and Krishna water. Mission Bhagiratha would also help to get connectivity for internet.

Government is spending Rs 6000 per bed in the government hospitals, 30 hospitals were provided with new beds, medical equipment is bought with a cost of Rs 600 crores, and 40 dialysis units were opened. The state was able to ensure establishment of 2,303 new industries under TS iPASS with Rs 46,000 crore investment providing employment 1.75 lakh people. The state has achieved Rs 75,000 crores exports in IT industry. Hyderabad would host the World Congress of IT in 2018.

As part of providing one lakh jobs so far about 37,000 appointments were made and the process to regularize the services of contract employees is on. Under Haritha Haram programme plantation of 46 crore sapling has been taken up.

The efforts of Telangana government to reopen the fertilizer factory at Ramagundam, which was closed 17 years back, have



succeeded even when odds were against as the Centre has been withdrawing investments in public sector companies. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the reopening works. “This is a great victory for the state,” KCR said. Another example for the cordial relations between the state and Centre is beginning of works of Manoharabad – Kothapalli railway line.

People four districts have been demanding to run the train between Hyderabad and Karimnagar and this dream has come true with the starting of Manoharabad – Kothaplli line works. The PM laid foundation stone also for this, KCR explained. The Prime Minister promised to expedite the works of construction of NTPC power plants, when he laid the foundation stone for the first phase projects, he said.

It was a proud moment for the nation as the 1200 MW power plant was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister being built by the Singareni Collieries. Centre has responded positively to the national highway issues of the state and it has sanctioned 1951 KM of new highways, over and above the existing 2,592 KM taking the total length to 4,590 KM. With this state has reached the national average of four percent in terms of national highways. 

Giving the details of expenditure on welfare, he said that the government has been implementing 35 schemes with an expenditure of Rs 30,000 crores per annum and this put the state in the number one position among the states of the country in the welfare sector. About 250 residential schools have been planned for SC, ST and minorities. As many as 40 lakh students of the government hostels were provided meal with fine rice.

The Chellappa and Sudhir commissions on STs and minorities have submitted their reports on the poverty of those sections. The government would provide reservations as per the ratio of these communities in the society. The government would install 125 feet high statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar on the occasion of his 125 th birth day. The martyrs’ memorial would come at Tankbund.

The Chief Minister said that new districts would come into existence by Dasara, works of Kaleswaram, Palamuru and Sitarama Lift schemes would be expedited. The government has driven the official machinery for the completion of ongoing projects, given enough funds, and seen that water is provided in this Kharif season under them. About 4 lakh acres of Mahabubnagar district were provided with irrigation facilities with four projects and after their completion it would go up to 6 lakh acres.