Hyderabad: Malaysia has offered to partner with the TS government in its flagship programme, the 2BHK housing scheme. IT minister K.T. Rama Rao, who is on a tour of the country, met Malaysian minister Samy Vellu in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday and informed him about the 2BHK housing scheme and sought Malaysia’s support in executing the project.
Mr Rao urged the Malaysian government to explore and tap the huge opportunities available in TS in the field of IT, electronics, manufacturing automobiles and other sectors. Mr Rao invited Mr Vellu to TS to finalise MoUs in areas where the two governments can work together.
He told the Malaysian minister about the government plans to build 2.60 lakh 2BHK houses for the poor this year , of which 1 lakh would be built in Hyderabad alone. Mr Rao said the TS government was keen to partner with international firms to build 2BHK houses at affordable rates.
He also met Mohd Salim Bin Fateh Din, chairman of MRCB, a Malaysian government infrastructure firm and urged the MRCB to look into the possibility of setting up inter-city bus terminals (ICBTs) in Hyderabad besides a state-of-the-art international convention centre. Mr Rao is scheduled to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak later on Thursday.
