Hyderabad: IT Minister K Tarakarama Rao, who is on a tour of the United States of America, has visited Washington and New York cities and met several big industrialists and Non-Resident Indians there. KTR called on Indian Ambassador to the US Arun Singh and apprised him of vast opportunities for industrial investments in Telangana and pleaded for his cooperation and assistance.

Later, the Telangana minister has met Boeing International president Mark Ellen. Stating that the TRS government had overcome power crisis in 11 months, KTR told Mark Ellen that his state gave top priority to civil aviation and defence sectors and requested him to invest in the fledgling state.   Responding favourably to KTR’s request, the Boeing International said it would send a delegation to Telangana shortly to explore possibilities of investing in the state. Later, the Telangana minister called on HP company’s vice-president Suparno Benarji and requested him to establish an HP Printer unit in Telangana.