Prime Minister’s go to to Telangana comes in the wake of a change in management after weeks of public sparring senior leaders of the get together had been indulging in.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Warangal on Saturday morning to lay the foundation stone for numerous developmental projects even because the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has boycotted the go to citing Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) failure to fulfil the guarantees made to Telangana and Mr. Modi’s ‘hatred’ in the direction of the formation of Telangana itself.
Mr. Modi arrived on the Hakimpet airport at 9.30 a.m. and later took a helicopter to Mamunuru airstrip close to Warangal. He landed at Mamunuru at 10.15 a.m. and went to provide prayers on the well-known Bhadrakali temple in the town.
Prime Minister’s go to to Telangana comes in the wake of a change in management after weeks of public sparring senior leaders of the get together had been indulging in. State BJP chief Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay was changed with Union Tourism Minister, G. Kishan Reddy. His go to additionally assumes significance amid rumours that “BJP and BRS were working together”.
Meanwhile, the BRS working president and Municipal Minister, Ok.T. Rama Rao tweeted reminding the BJP concerning the “forgotten promises” made to Telangana. The Minister tweeted, “The long-standing dream of the people of Telangana for an integrated steel plant at Bayyaram remains unfulfilled, despite being promised in the AP Reorganisation Act. Even after 9 years, and several reminders, the BJP-led Union Government’s continued denial is deeply disheartening.”
He additional mentioned “Bayyaram has all the necessary resources, from iron ore to land, water, power, coal, and a skilled workforce. Your visible apathy towards Telangana is concerning and it denies job opportunities for 15,000 local youngsters. We demand that a strong commitment regarding the establishment of the Steel Plant at Bayyaram be made during your visit to Telangana.”
PM to inaugurate developmental projects
During the go to, Mr. Modi will lay the foundation stone of several projects worth shut to ₹6,100 crore. These embody the 108-km lengthy Mancherial–Warangal part of the Nagpur-Vijayawada Corridor, which can cut back the space between Mancherial and Warangal by about 34 km, decongesting site visitors on NH-44 and NH-65.
The foundation stone for the upgradation of the 68-km lengthy Karimnagar–Warangal part of NH-563 from the present two-lane to a four-lane configuration will even be laid. This will assist in bettering connectivity to Hyderabad-Warangal Industrial Corridor, Kakatiya Mega Textile Park, and the particular financial zone at Warangal.
Mr. Modi will even lay the foundation stone of the Railway wagon manufacturing unit at Kazipet being taken up at a value of ₹521 crore.
