National highway length in Telangana on the rise

October 20, 2016

Telangana has the second highest density of national highways in the country

The Telangana government has succeeded in getting approval for the 2500-km long national highway (NH) in the state. This was disclosed to the press by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during a review meeting with roads and building (R&B) department at his camp office. This is the highest ever highway length sanctioned by the Centre to a state in the last two and half years.

Seeing this as a compliment from the Centre, the chief minister asked R&B officials to begin planning and take up work on the 330-km Regional Ring Road (RRR) planned to be beyond the existing Outer Ring Road (ORR) of the city. He also bade the officials to prepare a vision document with details of national highways, state highways and connecting roads which are under construction. This document, according to the chief minister, should include details of future needs and expansion requirements of each town and city.

Raising concern over delay in preparing the detailed project reports (DPRS) for various road projects, the chief minister asked the department to divide the work into phases so that the DPR preparation can be completed faster. He directed the department to submit a report on the places where underbridges, flyovers, bridges on rivers and causeways are required and the funds needed to complete construction. Raising concern over increasing road accidents, the CM asked the roads department to come out with proposals to reduce curves on the national and state highways. He wanted construction of more bypass roads so that traffic would get distributed evenly and not pass through populated villages and towns.