Telangana To Build Commute Friendly Roads

Jan 20, 2019, 15:10 IST

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday vowed to make Telangana roads "shine like a mirror".

The chief minister, in a review meeting held at Hyderabad's Pragathi Bhavan to discuss the current condition of state roads, directed concerned officers to complete the task in the next two years.

The chief minister made it very clear that after irrigation projects, the top priority will be accorded to roads and highways. He further instructed that including the newly formed village panchayats, the entire 12,751 village panchayats in the state should be provided with BT road facility.

He also directed the R&B officials to assess the existing conditions of the roads in the state and prepare a plan accordingly. Following the assessment, a budget will be allocated for the same.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, in the meeting, said several roads and bridges in the state need to be repaired. He also asked his ministers to constantly monitor the progress of road repair work.

In the meeting, Rao also instructed the officials to immediately pay compensation to farmers who lost their land in the construction of canals in Kaleswaram project.

Here's a tweet posted by the Telangana CMO...

CM Sri KCR has exhorted the R&B Dept. to pave/ repair roads and highways in the next two years to make them commute-friendly and build BT roads for all the 12,751 village panchayats. CM stated that Govt. accords highest priority to building of roads after irrigation projects pic.twitter.com/2fCRIgAWBE

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 19, 2019