The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has accused the Congress government in Telangana of abandoning the Pharma City project, forcing several companies to move their investments to Andhra Pradesh. BRS leader T Harish Rao alleged that the decision has hurt employment prospects.
Telangana’s once-rapid industrial growth has slowed sharply over the past two years, with stalled projects, declining TG-iPASS approvals, investment drops and policy uncertainty. Questions are also rising over land conversion plans, withheld IT export data and the status of Davos-announced investments
BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Monday met tribal farmers in Lagacherla, where they have been fighting against the forced takeover of their lands for the proposed Pharma City
A Tirupati Reddy drew flak from citizens on Wednesday after he declared that the government would not step back from acquiring lands in Lagacherla and surrounding villages for the proposed Pharma Village project.
In a late night operation, around 300 police personnel descended on the village, cutting off electricity, and conducting door-to-door searches to detain suspects
They termed the attack on government officials unfortunate, stating that it reflects the failed governance as well as failed law and order in the State.
The Revanth Reddy government, reaffirmed before the court its commitment to the Pharma City project, despite ongoing legal challenges from local farmers.
The BRS government had made all efforts to establish a pharma city at Mucherla but the Congress government was not taking forward the project, he said.
