Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation for Rs 13169 cr highway projects in Telangana.

Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari today virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation of 14 national highway projects worth over Rs 13,169 crore in Telangana.

These projects are for a total length of 765.663 km.

The virtual event was attended by Union Ministers G Kishan Reddy and V K Singh, Telangana Minister for Roads & Buildings, Legislative Affairs and Housing Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Speaker of Teleangana Assembly Shri Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, MPS and MLAs, in addition to senior officers from the Centre and the state.

Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari said that a total of 59 road works with approved length of 1918 km and a cost of Rs 17,617 crore have been sanctioned in Telangana in the last 6 years. Of this, 1,782 km length has already been sanctioned with a cost of 15,689 crore.

“Almost all of the 33 districts in the state today have connectivity with national highways. The remaining district Peddapally will also be connected to the network soon,” Gadkari said adding that there has been a phenomenal growth of 55.71 per cent NH length in last 6 years in the state. He further said that nearly 1400 km national highway length has been added during this period in the state.

“Under the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) scheme, a sum of Rs 2,436 crore has been sanctioned till now for Telangana, of which Rs 1483 crore have already been released,” the minister said.

Gadkari further informed that while construction of 841 km roads worth Rs 4793 crore has been completed since 2014-15 in Telangana, work is going on for construction of another 809 kms at a cost of Rs 13,012 crore.

He added that during the current financial year, 13 major projects costing Rs. 8,957 crore of length 328 km are proposed to be awarded in the state and three projects for 192 kms worth Rs 2339 crore are under bidding.

Another 21 national highways works with total length of 1422 km and total cost of Rs 27,116 crore are under various stages of DPR preparation.  These works are likely to be completed by FY 2024-25.

Gadkari further said that in line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for a New India, development of world-class transport infrastructure has been prioritized, through initiatives such as the Bharatmala Pariyojana, India's largest ever infrastructure development programme.

As many as 14 projects with length 1,730 km have been identified for development under Bharatmala Pariyojana in the state of Telangana. Out of these 14 projects, 9 projects with length 423 km have already been awarded at a cost of Rs 7,400 crore, he said.

“Development of greenfield and access-controlled corridor has also been planned in Telangana to ease-out traffic on existing corridors, reduce travel time and costs and also provide a boost to the economy,” Gadkari added.

He noted that while development of these corridors will ease the traffic on existing routes, it will also lead to improved savings, due to reduced travel time and fuel consumption thereby also reducing the carbon footprint.

“Also, development of multiple wayside amenities are also being planned across the corridors to improve rider comfort. The corridors have been planned as fully access controlled leading to enhanced rider mobility and safety. Development of these corridors would also generate both white-collar and blue-collar jobs thereby also providing the much-needed boost to the economy,” Gadkari added.

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