$350-mn US Consulate office complex in Hyderabad to be ready next year

US Ambassador reviews progress of the facility, announces completion of a US-funded restoration of 17th century Qutb Shahi Tombs, visit Tata-Lockheed unit

US Ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster today reviewed the progress of the new US Consulate General Office complex being built in Hyderabad's Financial District at a cost of $350.5 million (around Rs 2,500 crore).

Spread across more than 12 acres, the facility will have 54 consular interview windows as well as artfully preserved Deccan rock formations. "The new facility serves as a pillar of the deepening relationship between the United States and this region of India, where the Consulate General Hyderabad officially engages communities, companies, and institutions across the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha," the US Consulate