The Telangana Government has urged Kerala to expedite allocation of land for its proposal to construct a guest house at the famous Sabarimala temple town. The Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhara Rao made the plea, when he met his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday over lunch here.

Lakhs of devotees from Telangana do the annual pilgrimage. The two governments had signed a draft MoU which was pending with the Travancore Devasthanam Board. KCR urged Vijayan to expedite the matter and allocate land.

The two CMs exchanged views on a wide range of issues ranging from ease of doing business to law and order, Telangana Welfare Schemes, Tourism, Information technology etc.

It was felt that an MoU could be signed between two States similar to one agreed with Goa recently in information technology given the strengths for exchange of knowledge.

On the welfare programmes, KCR briefed Vijayan about schemes launched by his government such as the Kalyan Laxmi/Shaadi Mubarak, two bed Room houses, Asara pensions, etc, and informed on how the TS government was spending ₹36,000 crore alone on the welfare schemes.

Grant of ₹75,116 a girl for the marriage under Kalyan Laxmi/Shaadi Mubarak schemes have already benefitted 2 lakh brides, he said.

The Telangana CM also presented an Ikkat Shawl and Charminar memento to Vijayan.