Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday sanctioned Rs 180 crore for the construction of a bridge across the Munneru stream in Khammam city, fulfilling the promise he made to the people of Khammam within 24 hours.
It may be recalled that during his address to the BRS public meeting here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister promised to sanction funds for the bridge construction in response to a request from Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar.
The State government on Thursday issued an order giving administrative approval for Rs.180 crore to build a high level bridge across the stream. As part of Khammam’s development, the minister brought the matter to the Chief Minister’s attention last August.
He proposed building a new cable-stayed bridge across the stream as an alternative to the existing British-era bridge, which had seen frequent accidents and traffic jams and had also become dangerous to travel on during the rainy season.
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According to the latest reports, the new cable-stayed bridge would be 420 metres long, with 300 metres being cable-stayed and 120 metres being RCC. After it is built, public transportation and traffic flow will be improved.
The minister and MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra met with the Chief Minister in Hyderabad and thanked him for funding the bridge. Chandrashekhar Rao thanked Ajay Kumar for his contributions to the success of the BRS public meeting in Khammam and encouraged him to keep up the team work.
MP Nama Nageshwar Rao and senior TRS leader Gundala Krishna also expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for sanctioning funds for the bridge, while BRS town president Pagadala Nagaraju, SUDA chairman B Vijay Kumar, Mayor P Neeraja, and others performed ‘palabhishekam’ to the Chief Minister’s portrait at the party office here.
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