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Rs 34,367 Crore Hyderabad Regional Ring Road: Northern Section Gets Environmental Clearance; DPR For Southern Stretch In Progress
Proposed route of Hyderabad Regional Ring Road (Government of Telangana)
The Centre on Thursday (3 April) said that the environment clearance for the northern part of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road has been granted.
Further, the work on preparation of detailed project report (DPR) for the Southern section of the project is underway.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the Telangana government has requested the Central Government for sanction of Regional Ring Road for Hyderabad city.
He added that the state government also "gave an undertaking to bear 50 per cent of the land acquisition cost of the project".
However, the minister added, that the "tripartite agreement for the sharing of land acquisition cost is yet to be signed".
The minister said that the Central government has received a request for sanction of the Regional Ring Road at an estimated cost of Rs 34,367.62 crore.
"The Environment Clearance for the Northern part of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road has been granted on 18.03.2025," Gadkari said.
"The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Southern part of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road is in progress," the minister said, adding that the project will be taken up "based on the outcome of the DPR and inter-se priority of the work".
