Asserting that the Telangana Government is prepared to take necessary steps to effectively rehabilitate the people affected by the Musi Rejuvenation project, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has refuted criticism that the Government is promoting real estate business for vested interests in the name of the project.
“I drew a lot of flak on social media with allegations of promoting real estate business. But the project has been taken up to further give a boost to the global city image of Hyderabad. Real estate development will have a cascading effect on the city’s development boosting businesses and in turn, lead to employment generation,” he said.
He recalled how the foundation stone laid by United AP Chief Minister N. Janardhan Reddy for the Hitec city resulted in the mushrooming growth of the area, leading to the formation of a separate city ‘Cyberabad’. “Of the 3.74 crore Telangana population, 1.4 crore — one third — live within the Outer Ring Road (ORR). Urbanisation is set to increase, and development should catch pace with it,” he said.
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The Chief Minister criticised the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samiti for spewing venom on the projects taken up by the Government, claiming that their opposition to the projects is evident. “The look in their (BRS MLAs) eyes does not conceal their intent against development of the State,” he said adding, “they have more poison in their eyes than pollution in the Musi river”.
