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Plans Afoot To Develop Over 13,000 Km Of Roads: Bhatti
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|August 13, 2025
DEPUTY Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday said that the state government has decided to develop 13,137 km of roads — 7,947 km under Panchayat Raj department and 5,190 km under R&B department in 17 packages.
The government will soon call for tenders for these road projects and start the works at the earliest, he added.
The deputy CM was speaking at the "Telangana Road Development Programme Roadshow Hybrid Annuity Model" meeting organised jointly by Panchayat Raj and R&B departments at HICC in Hyderabad to financially encourage contractors and bankers.
Roads & Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Panchayat Raj Minister Dansari Anasuya alias Seethakka also attended the meeting.
This story is from the August 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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