KTR meets Union Ministers, puts forth demands for Telangana

Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday met three Union Ministers in New Delhi to hold discussions on various demands.

He met Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Harsh Vardhan requesting him to accord environmental clearance to Hyderabad Pharma City on an expeditious basis.

In the meeting with Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar, KTR put forward demands related to mines in Telangana.

The Minister also met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman requesting her to consider including Hyderabad in the proposed Defence Industrial Production Corridor to support the growth of Defence manufacturing from Telangana.