Domestic cooking gas (LPG), supplied directly to households at just Rs 200, vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG), pollution-free streets and development of Hyderabad on a par with international cities with an investment of about Rs 20,000 crore. All this is likely to become a reality if the efforts of Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy pay off.
Reiterating that natural resources, including petroleum and gas, were the nation’s property, Rajasekhara Reddy today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate reasonable share of gas extracted from the Krishna-Godavari Basin to Andhra Pradesh.
He, at the same time, thanked Singh for assuring that the final decision on gas supply and price was the Central Government’s discretion but not any private contractors’.
The State Government has constituted a joint-venture company for supply of gas to households in Hyderabad.The efforts are being made to supply gas through a gas pipeline network in public-private partnership.The government is also planning to establish about 1,000 CNG stations in Hyderabad apart from taking up an infrastructure development and beautification project to develop Hyderabad into an international city with an investment of about Rs 20,000 crore.
During his visit to Visakhapatnam today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appreciated the developmental activities taken up by the Andhra Pradesh Government and congratulated it on the occasion of Hyderabad being named the `most investor-friendly city’ after Ludhiana by the World Bank and the Reserve Bank of India.
On the occasion, the chief minister announced that the State Government was also planning to develop Anakapalle, Bheemili and Visakhapatnam as a `Golden Triangle’ for industrial and tourism development.He said that proposals had been prepared to develop Visakhapatnam into an international port city.
Reiterating that natural resources, including petroleum and gas, were the nation’s property, Rajasekhara Reddy today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate reasonable share of gas extracted from the Krishna-Godavari Basin to Andhra Pradesh.
He, at the same time, thanked Singh for assuring that the final decision on gas supply and price was the Central Government’s discretion but not any private contractors’.
The State Government has constituted a joint-venture company for supply of gas to households in Hyderabad.The efforts are being made to supply gas through a gas pipeline network in public-private partnership.The government is also planning to establish about 1,000 CNG stations in Hyderabad apart from taking up an infrastructure development and beautification project to develop Hyderabad into an international city with an investment of about Rs 20,000 crore.
During his visit to Visakhapatnam today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appreciated the developmental activities taken up by the Andhra Pradesh Government and congratulated it on the occasion of Hyderabad being named the `most investor-friendly city’ after Ludhiana by the World Bank and the Reserve Bank of India.
On the occasion, the chief minister announced that the State Government was also planning to develop Anakapalle, Bheemili and Visakhapatnam as a `Golden Triangle’ for industrial and tourism development.He said that proposals had been prepared to develop Visakhapatnam into an international port city.
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