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Telangana minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao. (Photo: PTI File)
Rao said the central government should announce such a scheme in the next budget to protect the interests of the urban poor, especially to protect their livelihood and increase their income.
Telangana minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Saturday demanded a MGNREGA-like job guarantee scheme for the urban poor in a meeting with Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri here.
Rao said the central government should announce such a scheme in the next budget to protect the interests of the urban poor, especially to protect their livelihood and increase their income.
“It is my firm view that meeting the needs of India’s growing urban population is and will remain an important strategic policy matter for all national, state and city governments,” he said in a memorandum to the central government.
“I would like to request the minister to consider launching a National Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (NUEGS) on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to help the urban poor in the country,” he said.
Rao said, with the support of such an employment guarantee scheme, the state government can provide job cards to the urban poor and engage them in city-level green action planning and basic infrastructure works like laying pavements.
Among other key demands, Rao called for early approval for Hyderabad Metro Rail Project works of Phase-II (B) and Rs 800 crore for construction of the “missing link”, the extension of Corridor-3 of Phase-I from Nagole to LB Nagar. sought fund support of Roads”, and a fund of Rs 400 crore under the Swachh Bharat Mission for the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Project in Greater Hyderabad.
In the meeting, Rao also announced approval for the Mass Rapid Transit System project in Hyderabad, 20 per cent funding for sewer network infrastructure for liquid waste collection in Hyderabad and initial seed funding of Rs 100 crore to set up sanitation centers in the state. demanded. ,
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MPs G Ranjith Reddy and Kotha Prabhakar Reddy were also present in the meeting.
Rao, son of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, was on a two-day visit to the national capital to meet Union ministers to discuss various issues related to the southern state.
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