Hyderabad, April 12 --  A modern cultural centre is coming up at the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) premises in Hyderabad's Madhapur under the aegis of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Union minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday, April 12.

Reddy, who inspected the ongoing construction, said Hyderabad currently depends almost entirely on Ravindra Bharathi for major cultural events and that the city was in acute need of additional venues.

"In this ever-expanding metro, there's huge demand for spaces to host grand cultural programmes. The Narendra Modi government sanctioned this when I served as Union minister for culture and tourism," he said.

The project, estimated at Rs 23 crore, is located in the Hitech City and is slat...