Seeking Defense Land, Telangana CM Meets PM

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The Government of Telangana was seeking Defense land in the Gymkhana Ground and Bison Polo Ground of Hyderabad. This move is to construct a Secretariat, Legislature and a cultural center on the premises which may have got in its way.

As per the reports, the Defense Minister, Arun Jaitley would have to approve the proposal in exchange for land elsewhere for the army.

On Wednesday, following this report, the Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao visited New Delhi to meet Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Jaitley.

“The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) will formally announce the decision to handover the land to the Telangana Government in a few days. The efforts of the chief minister have paid dividends for the State,” said a Senior Official who is a part of CM’s delegation.

K. Chandrasekhar Rao declared to the media the Center had agreed to transfer the defense lands to the State for the purpose of constructing flyovers. The initiative will be a part of its Strategic Road Development Programme (SRDP.)

Strategic Road Development Programme is a part of State’s plan to decongest traffic in Hyderabad by constructing multi layer flyovers over 20 junctions in the city.

When K. Chandrasekhar Rao was asked a question by the reporters about the transfer of the land for the proposed Secretariat complex, he simply said that he focused mainly on the land for the SRDP.

“Modi assured me that he will personally take up the issue and ensure transfer of Defense lands is done immediately,” he said.

Hundreds of Secunderabad citizens went to Parade Ground in the city and protested for days together. The incident took place this year during the month of May.

The group of people raised slogans, released black balloons and even formed human chains. Those are the people who used to come for walking, jogging and also who used the ground for exercising and sports. Following this incident, Chandrasekhar assured the citizens saying, “Neither the TRS government nor KCR will touch Parade Ground. It will continue to remain as an open space for walkers, sportsmen, children etc.”

“In fact, we are eyeing 55 acres of land for the new Secretariat. This will include 33 acres of Bison Polo grounds and 22 acres of adjacent Gymknana Grounds.We have received in principal approval from the Union Defense Ministry for being handed over the Bison Polo grounds…We plan to build a world class Secretariat, a joint legislature building and Kala Bharati with a sprawling garden for state celebrations. The structures would be iconic,” Chandrasekhar claimed.

Presently, the two grounds are under the control of the Local Military Authority (LMA,) and under the Ministry of Defense (MoD.)

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