Expansion of Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway to start soon

NALGONDA: R&B Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Monday announced that the expansion of the six-lane Hyderabad–Vijayawada highway at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore would begin soon.

Venkat said he will lay the foundation stone for the project along with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Speaking to reporters here, the R&B minister said that the construction of roads and drains in Nalgonda town was being completed at a cost of Rs 450 crore. He also stated that 10 drinking water tanks with a capacity of 10 lakh litres each and five tanks with a capacity of 15 lakh litres each have reached the slab stage and the work will be completed soon.