Telangana CM Reddy meets Union ministers; pushes for Smart City, Mamnoor airport funds, ET Infra
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Chief minister A Revanth Reddy Tuesday met Union ministers JP Nadda and Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and put forth the state's demands, including timely supply of urea during the crop season, funds for Mamnoor airport in Warangal and sanctioning of Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor as an Aero-Defence corridor.In his meeting with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal in the evening, the CM sought central support for development of Zaheerabad Industrial Smart City. He urged him to ensure immediate release of ₹ 596.61 crore approved by National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) for the development of Smart City.Revanth wanted the Centre to provide financial assistance to develop infrastructure, mainly water and power supply network, required for the Smart City.The chief minister explained the importance of Hyderabad-Warangal corridor to Goyal and requested central funds for speedy completion of Mamnoor airport."The feasibility study of the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Industrial Corridor is in progress. The state govt has already set up a dedicated defence and aerospace park with state-of-the-art infrastructure in Adibatla. The Centre should sanction the Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor as an Aero-Defence corridor. The state govt has also proposed the development of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks which are ready for investments," the CM told Goyal.Earlier in the day, the CM met fertilisers and chemicals minister Nadda and urged him to supply urea allocated to Telangana in time during the crop season.Revanth brought to Nadda's notice that only 3.07 lakh metric tonnes of urea was supplied between April and June to Telangana against the requirement of 5 lakh metric tonnes in the Kharif season."As much as 63,000 metric tonnes of domestically produced urea and 97,000 metric tonnes of imported urea were to be supplied to the state for July. But the Centre supplied only 29,000 metric tonnes of urea. Enhance the quota of domestically produced urea for Telangana ," the CM told Nadda.
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