Telangana is most likely to lose the gene research center of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) if the government fails to address the land issue on a war footing. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal are vying for this center.
The Gene Research Center is delayed for more than eight years now as the government has not yet handed over the required land in Bhongir. The project was announced in 2009 and the then government allotted 114 acres for it.
But then the land was not given possession because there was a dispute over the ownership of the land. Even the Telangana government did not make any attempt to offer any alternative land so the Center is seriously considering the shifting the Rs 1,200 crore project to another state.
