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Telangana CM Reddy Urges Gadkari For 12 Lane Greenfield Corridor To Amaravati, Pushes Approvals For Ring Roads And Key Highway Projects
During a meeting in Delhi, accompanied by several MPs, the Chief Minister put forward his proposals.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to expedite approvals for a 12 lane Greenfield highway connecting Bharat Future City to Amaravati and onwards to Bandar Port in Andhra Pradesh.
During a meeting in Delhi, accompanied by several MPs, the Chief Minister reminded the Union Minister that the State Reorganisation Act mandates a Greenfield highway between the two state capitals.
Highlighting Telangana’s landlocked status, he stressed that direct connectivity to a seaport was critical for expanding freight transport.
Of the proposed route, 118 km would run through Telangana, with the remainder in Andhra Pradesh.
The Chief Minister also pressed for swift financial and Cabinet clearances for the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road (RRR-North), where 90 per cent of land acquisition is already complete. He also called for parallel progress on the RRR-South to ensure balanced development.
Another key request was approval for a four-lane elevated corridor along the Mannanur–Srisailam highway, which cuts through the Amrabad Tiger Reserve.
Additionally, he proposed a Raviryala–Amangal–Mannanur Greenfield highway and to ease congestion on the Hyderabad–Mancherial Rajiv Highway, the Chief Minister sought clearance for a new Greenfield alternative.
He further requested the sanction of road works worth Rs 868 crore under CRIF.
Responding, Gadkari assured him that permissions for CRIF projects would be cleared within a week.
He also confirmed that officials from his ministry would travel to Hyderabad to review the Bharat Future City–Amaravati–Bandar Port project, with a detailed meeting scheduled on 22 September with NHAI and state officials.
