Rs. 12,000 Cr for Development of Roads in State, Says KCR.

Roads in Telangana will get a major facelift with the state government promising to spend Rs. 12,000 crore in the next two years on their development and repair. This was decided at a review meeting held by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with irrigation minister T Harish Rao and officials of the National Highways Authorities of India and state roads & buildings department recently. The government will spend Rs. 110 crore, on an average, on roads in every Assembly constituency.

Rao asked officials to ensure that the state capital is connected to all district headquarters with four-lane roads as promised in the TRS election manifesto. He wanted two-lane roads laid in 149 mandals where there are no such roads. Emphasis should be on laying roads in Mahbubnagar and Adilabad districts which do not have proper connectivity to mandal headquarters, he added.

He said the Hyderabad-Karimnagar-Ramgundam Rajiv Rahadhari had become infamous for serious accidents. 'The government will spend Rs. 750 crore to make changes to the 206-km-long highway to make it accident-free as far as possible. Besides, the road will be extended up to Chandhara in Adilabad district,' he announced.


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