PNS|Hyderabad
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was given a ceremonial welcome by the Hiroshima Prefectural Government and Assembly during his visit to Japan on Tuesday.
The CM and his TelanganaRising delegation engaged in a series of high-level meetings and symbolic gestures of friendship, with both sides affirming the shared values of peace, innovation, and sustainability.
The Chief Minister, accompanied by Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu, Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, and senior officials V. Sheshadri, Ajith Reddy, and Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, met the Vice Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture to discuss a comprehensive roadmap for collaboration.
Revanth thanked the Hiroshima leadership for their warmth and described the city as a global beacon of resilience and progress. “Telangana is committed to building a greener, peaceful, and progressive future, and we see Hiroshima as a valuable partner in this journey,” he said.
He proposed a “Hiroshima-Telangana Automotive & Mobility Corridor” to tap the strengths in electric vehicles, precision manufacturing and electronics. Educational and cultural linkages, student exchange programmes with the Hiroshima Institute of Technology, and collaboration on Buddhist heritage and peace park initiatives were also proposed.
Industries Minister Sridhar Babu gave a detailed presentation covering areas of potential cooperation, including clean technology, waste-to-energy projects, sewage treatment, disaster-resilient urban planning, and smart city solutions.
Later, the delegation was honoured at the Hiroshima Prefectural Legislative Assembly with a ceremonial visit hosted by Speaker Takashi Nakamoto and fellow legislators. In a symbolic gesture, the Speaker invited Revanth Reddy and Sridhar Babu to sit on his chair, marking the strength of the growing Telangana-Japan relationship.
