KCR meets PM, submits 14 demands

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao submitted a list of 14 demands for Telangana State to Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday.

During his 45-minute long meeting, Kcr submitted 14 separate memorandums to the Prime Minister giving details of specific needs of Telangana. Briefing the media persons later, TRS MP Jithender Reddy said that Modi has assured to look into the demands made by Kcr. He said Kcr himself will brief the media about his interactions with the Prime Minister and other leaders on Sunday.

The demands made by Kcr to the Prime Minister include Special Category Status for Telangana State, declaration of national project status to Pranahita-Chevella Dam, tax incentives, 4,000 MW power project, separate High Court for the new State, development of Hyderabad urban agglomeration as a slum-free city, conversation of Musi River on the lines of Sabarmati River of Gujarat, establishment of Horticulture and Tribal universities, development of roads and upgradation of some roads as National Highways, setting up of steel plant in Bayyaram of Khammam, railway projects and conversation of forest land in Telangana.