Telangana’s Roads and Buildings Minister, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday. He urged the central government to speed up approvals for key infrastructure projects in the state. These projects include the Northern part of the Regional Ring Road (RRR), the Hyderabad-Srisailam elevated corridor, and several ropeway projects.
During the meeting in New Delhi, Reddy requested clearances from the Cabinet and the Public-Private Partnership Appraisal Committee for the Northern stretch of the RRR. The government has already invited tenders worth ₹7,100 crore for this project, divided into five packages. He also sought faster approval of the Economic Tripartite Agreement and forest clearances to help with the project’s execution. Additionally, he asked for the finalisation of the alignment for the RRR’s Southern section, which will connect Choutuppal, Amangal, Shadnagar, and Sangareddy.
A major issue discussed was the construction of a 62-km elevated corridor on the Hyderabad-Srisailam (NH-765) road. This road passes through the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, making forest clearances essential. Reddy reminded Gadkari that the Centre had originally proposed this project to help devotees traveling to the Srisailam temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, also known as Dakshina Kashi. He also pointed out that the survey for the project was completed in June 2024.
Reddy also urged the Centre to include Telangana in the Parvatmala scheme, which funds ropeway projects to improve connectivity to tourist and religious sites. He suggested three ropeway projects: one to Yadagirigutta Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, another to Bhuvanagiri Fort, and a third to Hanuman Konda in Nalgonda.
Other pending projects discussed included the six-laning of the Hyderabad-Vijayawada section of NH-65 and the four-laning of the Hyderabad-Manneguda section of NH-163.
Later, Reddy met with Union Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu to discuss aviation-related developments for Telangana.
The Telangana government is pushing for these approvals to enhance connectivity and infrastructure development in the state. It remains to be seen how quickly the Centre will act on these requests.
