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Regional Ring road to be express highway: Tummala

Hyderabad: The Centre today agreed in principle to an appeal of the state government to take up a project of developing as express highway the regional ring road in Hyderabad to cater to traffic needs ease of traffic problems. This was informed by Roads and Buildings Minister T Nageshwar Rao after a meeting with officials here. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has spoken to Union Surface Transport Minister on the issue has given positive result in this regard, he said. With this the efforts of the government for improving connectivity are getting fructified he said. The government will speed up the steps for developing the regional ring road in Hyderabad as an express highway. He also asked a report on damaged roads in the state and take up immediate patch works. Rao sought to prepare for using Bailey bridges to connect the detached bridges or roads due to floods and rains in the state. (NSS)