Hyderabad, Aug. 15 -- Telangana is moving towards its goal of becoming a USD 3 trillion economy, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Saturday, August 15, while delivering his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad.

Reddy asserted that the state's per capita income now stands nearly 91 per cent above the national average, even as the Congress government had spent its 32 months in office repairing what it inherited.

"The government is making efforts to rebuild and revive Telangana after restoring its damaged state," he said in his roughly 55-minute speech, adding that systems that had been damaged were restored one by one.

Citing a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report, Reddy said Telangana's per cap...