Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s Delhi visit last week seems to augur well for the state after his fruitful deliberations with the central government on various key issues during his two day tour. Besides meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Naidu convened crucial meetings with all significant cabinet ministers to put forth the important issues of the state.
Among all his meetings, the one with Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari turned out be the biggest success from state’s perspective . This because, Gadkari promised to fulfill all the demands put forward by Naidu. Gadkari assured to complete all pending projects relating to Andhra Pradesh in the next couple of years. He has reportedly green signalled to speed up works relating to Amaravati outer ring road Vijayawada Eastern Bypass road during this meeting.
Besides these projects, Gadkari also agreed to revive the stalled highway works relating to 8 routes in Andhra Pradesh. These works were stopped nine months ago due to lack of funds under the Bharat Mala Pariyojana scheme which aims to develop road infrastructure and solid network with all major routes. Some of the crucial highways passing through different districts in Andhra Pradesh are covered under this scheme.
A total outlay of Rs 8500 Crores is likely to incur for developing 4 lane routes in these 8 National Highways. However, the works were stopped last year due to shortage of funds under the scheme. As these 8 routes play a significant role in improving the road connectivity within our state and with the neighbouring states, Naidu has reportedly requested Gadkari to complete them at the earliest.
The routes covered in this project include Vizag – Aaraku route, Pedana – Nuzivedu – Vissannapeta route, Gorantla – Hindupur Route, Nandyala – Kurnool route, Sangameshwar – Atmakur route, Kondamedu – Pericherla route, Vempalli – Proddutur Route and Mudunuri – Pulivendula – B. Kothapalli route.
Tenders for a couple of these projects have already been sanctioned while others are in approval stage.
