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Centre agrees to develop 650-km state roads into National Highways
The Centre on Tuesday agreed to the conversion of 650-km length State roads in Telangana into National Highways taking the total stretch of National Highways in the State to 2,600 km.
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday agreed to the conversion of 650-km length State roads in Telangana into National Highways taking the total stretch of National Highways in the State to 2,600 km.
The total length of Highways in the Telangana region of the undivided AP was 2,600 km whereas in the last two years after the formation of Telangana, the government could double the same with the cooperation of the Centre.
Disclosing this at a joint press conference, State’s Roads and Buildings Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao, TRS MP G Vinod Kumar and Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment B Dattatreya said on Tuesday that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had proposed to the Centre for upgradation of State roads of 650-km length and took up the matter with Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Tummala and Vinod Kumar along with Dattatreya met the Union Minister on Tuesday to seek the same and got the assurance. The present stretches to be upgraded are: Sangareddy (NH-161), Narsapur- Toopran- Gajwel- Jagdevpur- Bhongir- Choutuppal (NH-65), Choutuppal- Ibrahimpatnam- Amangal- Shadnagar- Chevella-Shankarpally- Kandi, Medak- Siddipet- Elkaturthy and Junction at Out Ring Road of Hyderabad- Valigonda- Thorrur- Nellikuduru- Mahabubabad- Yellandu- Kothagudem.
The Centre's attention was drawn to the proposals worth Rs 600 crore of additional works under the Central Road Fund (CRF) Scheme too, they said adding that the Centre had been earlier given a proposal for approval of 61 works under the scheme at a cost of Rs 830 crore. The Centre later directed the State to prioritise works up to Rs 309.65 crore.
Later, Nitin Gadkari raised the allocation to Rs 1,000 crore under the scheme and had asked the State government to submit the proposals and it was done accordingly, they added. They also appealed to the Minister to communicate administrative approval to the proposals under the National Green Highway Policy for Rs 1,153 crore for planting and developing eco-friendly greening on NH corridor in Telangana at the earliest. They submitted proposals for works worth Rs 902 crore under road safety scheme too.
Criticising the Congress leaders’ opposition to the agreement with the Maharashtra government on irrigation projects, the TRS leaders said if the former were sincere they would have developed Telangana during their regime. Those who deceived Telangana and its farmers for 60 years had no right to criticise the pro-farmer government in place today, they said.
