Renowned cricketer V V S Laxman, in an exclusive talk with Ashok Kumar, argues that Bangalore still retains its sheen but nobody can write off Hyderabad and it has a great IT future ahead.

Bangalore still retains its sheen but being from Hyderabad I would say that I have seen the city growing in terms of IT sector in the past few years like never before.

I feel the policies of the government sets the trend of development in the country or state. Yes the present government of Andhra Pradesh government is coming true on the promise of working for the poor but the fact is that no government can survive by neglecting any one sector at the cost of another.

The way the government is working it shows that it is trying its best to maintain the fine balance between the development of the villages and the urban areas including the IT sector in Hyderabad. Moreover most of the works in the field of Information Technology has already been initiated by the former governments long back.

So, it is not like that everything has to be started from scratch. The present government and the future ones have just to carry on the good work forward in the right perspectives with same zeal and enthusiasm. Most of the infrastructural and path laying works have already been done by the state so far.

Hyderabad is a very beautiful city with proper infrastructure and is not congested at all. Unlike Bangalore, Hyderabad has excellent roads and commuting system. Not only that the city is also improving on the existing infrastructure by working on it in many ways like widening roads, providing ample electricity and many other facilities.

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