CM Revanth hard sells proposed New City to NRIsPNS n hyderabad
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy during his US tour, invited successful Indians living abroad to invest in Telangana at an event held on Sunday in New York.
Outlining the plans for a next level Hyderabad, he said, “The Future City will join Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Cyberabad as the fourth city (at Baigare Kanche Muchcherla). With a world class masterplan, benchmarked against the best in the world, it will have every conceivable facility. All it needs is you.” “It is your land, your country but I also promise you the best bang for your buck, the maximum returns, if you invest here. The satisfaction of partnering in the journey ahead will be a bonus,” he said, to thundering cheers from the audience.
“Telangana has set up a new university for skill upgradation in PPP mode. I requested Anand Mahindra to be the chairperson of that university. He is expected to take charge as the chairman of the university in two days,” the CM said.
He also outlined how Telangana is trying to invigorate and catalyse its strong base in software, pharma, vaccines, healthcare and would add strong competencies in future tech, including Artificial Intelligence and try to become the preferred manufacturing alternative to China for global corporations looking at backup destinations to China with China+one strategy.
Speaking to the audience, comprising several key members of the East Coast Indian community, the CM said, “You have made the US stronger with your skills. Now come to Telangana. The three-ring state gives you a distinct metro, semi-urban and rural ecosystems to invest in.” He said Telangana has ORR which is a necklace and now Regional Ring Road will become a waist band. Continued on Page 2
“I was here last year and addressed you as the TPCC president. I had promised you that I will come back here again only after a Congress government comes to power, ending a decade of misrule and betrayals. I have kept my promise,” he said.
Listing the promises and guarantees fulfilled for farmers, youth, women, teachers and students so far, he said, “Free bus travel, free electricity, subsidized cooking gas, farmer loan waivers and input subsidies are just a start. We will keep every promise.”
Addressing concerns of balance in governance, he said, “We are going to pursue rapid, sustainable, future-oriented economic growth of epic proportions through matchless investor policies. Growth, augmented revenues, high jobs creation at varied levels of skills are equally in focus,” the Chief Minister said.
“We have now made it a habit to defy naysayers. First they said Congress won’t come to power. Then they said it won’t last. Now they are trying to insinuate misapprehensions that growth may be slow. We will prove them wrong again. We will compete to develop Hyderabad not as a top city in India but the world,” the CM said.
He spoke about mega projects coming up. The audience, interacting with him after the event, promised to join the government in spreading the word of investing in Telangana in mission-mode.
Earlier, children put up a grand show comprising songs and dances, highlighting the culture of Telangana.
Speaking at the event, while welcoming the Chief Minister, the president of the Overseas Congress Party, USA, Mohinder Singh Gilzian, said, “Our wish to see you as Chief Minister has come true. Now, we all have to work hard to make Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister of India.”
