Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday instructed the officials to take immediate necessary steps to complete the admission process of Engineering and Medical colleges in the state within the scheduled time.
While reviewing the admissions for Medical and Engineering colleges on Tuesday at the State Secretariat, the Chief Minister instructed the officials to have a dialog with the Association representatives of Private College Managements on filling leftover seats by the students of neighbouring states.
The Chief Minister also reviewed on Information Technology & Investment Region policy (ITIR) sanctioned by the Government of India for expansion of I.T. hub at Gachibowli, Maheshwaram and Pocharam. He instructed the officials to draft a master plan by engaging International standard consultants involving GHMC, HMDA, HMWSS&B, APIIC, Revenue, Electricity, HMR & Sports Departments for providing Roads, Electricity, underground drainage, Transport, Health city, Education and other basic amenities, duly connecting ORR and Radial Ring roads. With this prestigious I.T.I.R corridor, Hyderabad will become economic back bone of Telangana, he observed.
Panchayat Raj and Information Technology Minister K Taraka Rama Rao suggested to establish Institute of Innovation for training the Engineering students to compete with global standards and a separate authority for ITIR project for creating hub for Electronic hardware manufacturing units cluster. Several prestigious firms are coming forward to provide 4-G technology for making total Hyderabad WIFI enabled city.
ITC Secretary Harpreet Singh has informed the Chief Minister that 90 per cent of the turnover of I.T sector is coming from Hyderabad with a total turnover of Rs.62,293 crores. Hyderabad is the 2nd largest city of I.T. exports in the country. He said that there is a lot scope for further development of I.T. sector in software and hardware technology in Hyderabad.
The Chief Minister has also reviewed various schemes that are being implemented in Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply departments in the state. He instructed to draft an action plan for improving roads, water supply, sewerage and other basic amenities in the state on top priority. Raymond Peter, Principal Secretary, P.R. & R.D has informed that 19,373 Kms. CC & BT roads, 13,254 Kms. WBM roads, 12,140 Kms. Gravel and 16,995 Kms. earthen roads are existing in the state and 1,678 habitations are not connected with roads.
KCR suggested the officials to concentrate more on the supply of water from irrigation projects, minor irrigation tanks and canals through natural gravity instead of lifting the water to minimise the expenditure on the lines of Jurala project which supplies Irrigation and drinking water to four districts through gravity. He also suggested that 10 per cent of irrigation water has to be utilised for supplying of protected drinking water. (INN)