Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged Union steel and heavy industries minister HD Kumaraswamy to establish a green steel plant in Bayyaram in Mahabubabad district in Telangana. The CM met with Kumaraswamy and also minister of state for steel Bhupathi Srinivas Varma in New Delhi.During the meeting, the CM briefed the Union ministers about the importance of a steel plant to address the shortage of steel and environmental concerns. Revanth Reddy explained to the Union ministers about the industrial revolution envisioned in the ‘Telangana Rising – 2047′ vision document.The CM requested the ministers to facilitate the establishment of a steel recycling industry utilising scrap from old vehicles in the state. The CM highlighted the prospects of promoting Hyderabad as a central hub for achieving the country’s industrial production targets with the available technology, existing heavy industries, and favourable conditions for industrial production.He also appealed to Kumaraswamy and Srinivas Varma to facilitate setting up an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing hub in Hyderabad following a massive surge in EV sales and a robust growth in establishment of green steel cluster utilising hydrogen technology, as well as manufacturing industries catering to the automotive and defence sectors. He also requested the Centre to set up a dedicated park for the manufacturing of modern equipment, such as machine tools and robotics. He explained the efforts of the state govt on transforming Hyderabad into a pollution-free city by 2034 and sought the Centre’s cooperation in facilitating the transition of vehicles to electric power. The Union ministers were also requested to establish a national-level institution in Hyderabad to impart specialised skills required by modern technologies.
