Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met Union Ministers in Delhi on Thursday and requested environmental clearances for development projects in Telangana and support for transforming Hyderabad’s public transport into a 100% electric model.
The meetings were held at the respective offices of Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Union Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
During his meeting with Bhupender Yadav at the Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Revanth highlighted the stalling of 161 projects across Telangana due to delays in environmental and forest clearances.
He emphasized that these projects, including 38 requiring wildlife-related permissions, are crucial for developing remote and Left Wing Extremism-affected areas. The Chief Minister specifically pointed to issues like the National Highways construction, tower installations in agency areas and connectivity projects linking neighbouring states.
Revanth also requested urgent clearances for the Gouravelli Project, stressing its importance for irrigation. Bhupender Yadav assured positive consideration of these requests.
In another meeting with Union Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy, the Chief Minister sought the Centre’s cooperation to transform Hyderabad’s bus fleet into an all-electric model.
He proposed the allocation of buses under the PM e-Drive Scheme on a Gross Cost Contract (GCC) model apart from the refitment of diesel buses with electric kits.
Revanth informed Kumaraswamy that the Telangana government had already sent proposals to the Centre for 2,800 electric buses. He urged the Minister to speed up the allocation under both the GCC and retrofitment models.
The Chief Minister also met the Union Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, Bhupatiraju Srinivasa Varma, to discuss various state-related issues. He was accompanied by ministers Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar and Uttam Kumar Reddy as well as MPs and senior officials.
