CM Revanth Reddy meets Gadkari; seeks clearances for RRR, ropeway at Yadadri Temple

New Delhi: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy urged the Union Minister for Road Transport and National Highways Nitin Gadkari to grant technical and financial clearances for the 159 km Regional Ring Road (RRR).

Chief Minister-led delegation met the Union Minister in New Delhi on Thursday night. The CM informed Gadkari that the northern part of RRR was declared as National Highway 161AA in 2017 and the state government has already acquired 94 percent of the land required for the construction of the particular road.

The CM brought to Gadkari's attention that the NH -765 on a 125-km stretch connecting Srisailam, also known as Dakshina Kashi, with Hyderabad is in accordance with the standards prescribed for national highways. The remaining 62 km came under the purview of the Amrabad forest area.

The CM told the Union Minister that the particular stretch in the forest area was not being developed due to the regulations imposed by the Forest and Environment Department and vehicular traffic allowed only during the day.

The Chief Minister appealed to Gadkari to construct a four-lane elevated corridor in the Amrabad forest area and sanction funds for this in the 2024-25 budget. The CM said the distance between Hyderabad and Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh will be reduced by 45 km once the elevated corridor is constructed.

The Chief Minister also urged Gadkari to expedite the DPR for the widening of the Hyderabad-Vijayawada (NH-65) highway, which connects the major cities of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, into 6 lanes. The CM emphasized that the widening of NH -65 into a six-lane road will help to prevent road accidents and save the lives of many people traveling on the busy stretch.

The Union Minister has also been requested to grant permission for the construction of a bypass on the southern side of Warangal, the second-largest city in Telangana. The bypass of NH-63 (16) between Telangana-Chhattisgarh and passing between Warangal and Hanamkonda cities should be connected on four sides in the outskirts of the city.

The Union Minister was also urged to establish ropeways at Yadadri Temple, Hanuman Konda in Nalgonda town, and at Nagarjunasagar project under the Parvathamala scheme. Sanction of pontoon bridges at 10 places where public transport is difficult in the tribal habitations alongside Godavari and Krishna rivers and setting up a transport training institute on 67 acres of government land next to NH-65 in Nalgonda district are the other pleas made to the union minister.

State R and B minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and other MPs from Telangana were present in the meeting.