Minister for Union Road Transport Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned Rs 5,500 crores to lay regional ring road of 363 km around Hyderabad for easing the traffic problem in an around the city.
He asked the state government to submit the proposals for sanctioning Rs 1700 crore for Telangana Under Central Road Fund. This announcements made while laying the foundation of four road projects.
He also underlined the needs to develop four satellite cities to ensure that Hyderabad’s infrastructure is further burdened and suggested to the state govt to take steps like operating electric buses and also check pollution, reduce cost of transportations.
KTR Minister for Telangana Municipal Administration sought Centre’s help for Strategic Road Development Project (SRDP).
Under this project, the state is developing 54 junctions in Hyderabad by building flyovers, skyways and elevated corridors at a cost of Rs 23,000 crore.
He also urged Gadkari to use his good offices with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman for handing over 100 acres of defence land to build an elevated corridor in Secunderabad.
Rama Rao, who is son of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, said the Defence Ministry was unfortunately not cooperating with the state government though it was offered 600 acres of alternate land.
Gadkari laid the foundation stone for a flyover at Amberpet, an elevated corridor at Uppal on Hyderabad-Warangal highway, six laning of Aramgarh-Shamsabad section of National Highway 44 between Hyderabad and Bengaluru and rehabilitation and upgradation of National Highway 765D from Hyderabad outer ring road to Medak. The four projects are estimated to cost Rs 1,500 crore.
