Vijayawada, Dec. 23 -- Andhra Pradesh Minister for Housing, I&PR, K Parthasarathy has defended the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, stating that this mode is helpful in implementing projects expeditiously and it is being implemented world-wide.
Addressing the meet the press at the press club here on Tuesday, he emphasized the need of PPP mode to achieve development in various sectors expeditiously.
He vehemently objected to the opposition YSRCP's misleading campaign on the PPP mode in medical colleges. "The previous YSRCP government could not complete the 17 new medical colleges which were taken up at a cost of Rs 8,500. The Naidu headed coalition government has opted the PPP mode to complete them expeditiously," he noted. The gover...