05-05-2025
Centre to spend ₹2 lakh crore for developing national highways in Telangana: Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and National Highways Nitin Gadkari has promised to change the landscape of Telangana by spending an estimated ₹2 lakh crore for developing national highways in the next four years.
The Minister pointed out that in the last 10.5 years, the Centre had built 2,600 km of new national highways which is more than double the length of the 2,500 km that was existing before 2014 by spending an estimated ₹1.25 lakh crore.
Mr. Gadkari laid foundation stones for several new national highways and underpasses, besides also inaugurating the BHEL and Amberpet flyovers in the capital at a total cost of ₹6,100 crore. He also participated in two public meetings, one at Sirpur Kagaznagar and another at Amberpet here on Monday.
'The Modi government is committed to the development of Telangana in conjunction with the State government here. It is because of the national highways work taken up in the last few years that what used to take 12 hours to reach Hyderabad from the districts is now taking just 4/5 hours. The new highway works under way will further reduce the distances between various cities,' he claimed.
Among the ongoing works are — Green Express corridor with 770 km between Indore and Hyderabad and expected to be thrown open next year passing through Kamareddy, Medak and Sangareddy. Kashmir to Kanyakumari link will be established with plans to build a highway from Surat to Nasik, Ahmednagar, Sholapur, Kurnool, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kanyakumari with 1,100 km passing through Telangana.
A 221-km ₹8,000 crore Suryapet to Devarapalli greenfield highway, 164-km ₹6,040 crore Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam highway, 565-km ₹16,000 crore Nagpur-Vijayawada and 401-km ₹13,300 crore Asifabad-Mancherial, Bhupalapalli-Hanmkonda-Warangal-Khammam corridor, are among the prominent projects under construction, he disclosed.
Mr. Kishan Reddy, in his address, said development of roads is the key to country's progress. Hence, the Modi government has been laying lot of emphasis on the highway projects as it will result in agricultural and industrial growth. The Centre has been investing a lot in developing railway lines, airports and ports too. He urged the State government to complete the pending land acquisition for service roads at the Amberpet flyover.
Telangana Minister for Roads & Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy sought the speedy grounding of the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR) and widening of the Hyderabad-Vijaywada highway. Minister for BC Welfare and Transport Ponnam Prabhakar, Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman, Mayor G. Vijayalakshmi, Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender and others participated in the meeting.
