The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has given in-principle approval to a part of the regional ring road project in Telangana to be undertaken at an estimated cost of almost Rs 10,000 crore.
Telangana has also requested MoRTH to approve the remaining part of the project which is estimated to cost Rs 6,481 crore.
The project given in-principle clearance can be completed in three years after land is made available, for which support from the Telangana government is required.
This will be a national highway with logistics parks, cold chain facilities, among others.
The northern part of the regional ring road will have a civil cost of about Rs 7,561 crore, while 1,760 ha of land will have to be acquired at a cost of Rs 1,961 crore. The locations that will be covered in the northern part of the project include Sangareddy, Narsapur, Toopran, Gajewell and Choutuppal.
The southern part of the regional ring road project that will connect Chouttuppal, Shadnagar and Sangareddy will cost Rs 4,633 crore for civil construction and Rs 1,748 crore for land acquisition.