Malaysian Business Delegation Meets Sridhar Babu

Minister for IT and industries Duddilla Sridhar Babu welcomed a 20-member Malaysian business delegation to Hyderabad on Monday, aiming to enhance cooperation in setting up solar power plants, constructing dry ports, developing sewage treatment facilities, and creating marketing avenues for products made by 64 lakh women’s self-employment groups from Telangana in foreign markets. Invited by Sridhar Babu during his recent visit to Malaysia, the delegation met the minister at the Secretariat. The Malaysian Telangana Association organised the meeting. The minister urged Malaysian businesses to engage in sewage water treatment and dredging activities for Hussainsagar Lake. 

Further, Sridhar Babu proposed the development of tourist centres with resorts in the backwaters of Srisailam and Kinnerasani and requested the delegation to arrange exhibitions showcasing Telangana products in Malaysia. He commended Malaysian Telangana Association president



S. Tirupathi, general secretary Sandeep Goud, and adviser Amarnath Goud for facilitating the visit.

Agriculture minister Tummala Nageshwara Rao appealed to the Malaysian team to supply palm oil seeds for cultivation in local nurseries. Meanwhile, Malkajgiri MP Etala Rajender announced that minister Sridhar Babu has committed to providing all necessary lands from the revenue department, TGIIC, and forest department to complete additional works around the newly constructed Cherlapally Railway Terminal.

In a statement, Rajender mentioned that he, along with N.V.S.S. Prabhakar, Beti Subash Reddy, Taduri Srinivas, and railway officials, met Sridhar Babu at the minister’s quarters to discuss the need for improved road connectivity to the railway station. GHMC commissioner Illambarti assured that basic facilities, roads, and lighting on Rampoor road would be upgraded.