“Centre not helping in road work in T’gana”

Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao on Thursday accused the BJP-led NDA govt of adopting an unhelpful attitude towards the State govt in taking up the strategic road development programme (SRDP) works in defence lands at Secunderabad here.

Replying to a query in the Legislative Assembly on addressing traffic problems from Secunderabad to Bowenpally

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and others in the city if the defence authorities don’t give permission to carry out SRDP works in defence lands, he alleged that the Centre is not ready to cooperate though the State govt has been pursuing with the Centre since the last eight-and-a-half years to address the defence land issues for building flyovers to address traffic problems.

“Though the government is in favour of building a skyway from Patny to Suchitra, similar to the PV Narasimha Rao Expressway (in the city), we have tried in Delhi several times, unfortunately, the Central government is not coming forward to cooperate. This is painful and also shameful,” he said.