KTR ‘Hyderabad's Infrastructure Much Better Than Bengaluru’

KTR, Telangana's IT minister, said Hyderabad's infrastructure is much better than Bengaluru's and that Telangana has no competition with Bengaluru.

Talking at a podcast the minister said, "As a minister of IT which I have been for the last 8 years, what I have realised is when I go and meet a prospective investor, he is actually weighing between Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan etc. When he chooses India, then he starts thinking about where to go in India.”

Listing out the pluses of Hyderabad, KTR said one-third of global vaccines are produced in Hyderabad; 40% of India's pharmaceuticals are in Hyderabad. Hyderabad has the most US FDA-approved pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities of any state in the world.

"We tell them that Hyderabad is the city where the North meets the South. Biology marries technology...Hyderabad is that comprehensive, brilliant location where biryani meets paratha...Our infrastructure is much better than Bengaluru, let me tell you," KTR said.

A Bengaluru startup owner was invited to relocate to Hyderabad after complaining about the lack of infrastructure. The debate snowballed into a political controversy after Karnataka chief minister BS Bommai commented on it.