Telangana roads are soon set to get a facelift with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao deciding on Thursday to spend Rs 10,000 crore to renovate roads in all the 10 districts.
Each district will be allotted Rs 1,000 crore for repairs, and tenders will be called within 15 days. Mr Rao has directed officials to allot the funds in the upcoming Budget on November 5.
The CM held a high-level meeting at the Secretariat to review the condition of roads in the state, which was attended by Deputy CM Dr T. Rajaiah and finance minister Etela Rajendar.
It was also decided that four more express highways in Hyderabad, along the lines of the PVNR Express Highway, will be constructed.
Mr Rao also constituted a Cabinet sub-committee to study and suggest measures for development of roads. The committee will be headed by Dr Rajaiah.
“The previous governments neglected roads in Telangana. All the roads starting from villages to Hyderabad are in pathetic condition,” Mr Rao said.
To overcome the traffic problem, Mr Rao asked officials to build express highways from ORR to Uppal towards Warangal highway, from Jubilee Bus Station towards Karimnagar highway, from Paradise Crossroads towards Medak highway and from LB Nagar towards Nalgonda highway. He also told officials to build complexes to overcome parking problems.
Source: Deccan Chronicle