Government scouting for 1,000 acres of land to set up new industrial areas outside ORR

HYDERABAD: Telangana State Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has ordered the officials to identify 500 to 1,000 acres of land outside the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and inside the Regional Ring Road (RRR) for establishing new industrial areas. He asserted that the lands should be within 50 to 100 km from the airport, national highways, and state highways.

In a high-level review meeting on industrial development in the state on Monday, the Chief Minister emphasised that the acquired lands should be barren and unfit for cultivation to minimize harm to farmers and reduce pollution. He also ordered a report on the lands allocated for industries in the state and those not being used for industrial purposes.

The Chief Minister highlighted the importance of industrial decentralisation and requested details on the existing industries in different parts of the state. He stressed the need for non-polluting industries and asked the officials to explore alternatives to the already crowded Nacharam, Jeedimetla, and Katedan industrial clusters in Hyderabad.

He directed the officials to study the procedures followed in the Middle East and European countries for setting up bulk drug manufacturing companies and stressed the identification of useless and barren lands, away from residential areas in the nine districts of the state, for setting up industries.

He discussed the need for the use of solar power instead of traditional electricity to develop the state's villages as model villages. The Chief Minister also enquired about the status of IDPL lands in Balanagar and requested a comprehensive report on the matter.

The review meeting was attended by Government Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, Industries Department special chief secretary Jayesh Ranjan, Municipal Administration Department principal secretary Dana Kishore, Industries Department director Krishna Bhaskar, and CMO officers Seshadri, Shivadhar Reddy, Shahnawaz Qasim, among others.