Union Minister Kishan Reddy today announced of a Rail Ring project connecting Telangana and also a Regional Ring Road for the benefit of the people.
Addressing the media Kishan Reddy said that the modalities have already been sent to the State Government.
The work on the Regional Ring Road (RRR) around Hyderabad will commence soon. The project survey for Ring rail project will begin.
He said that the northern part of the RRR has already been sanctioned by the Centre and a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is in the final stage of preparation.
Kishan also assured the Telangana government that the Centre will consider its request for sanctioning the southern part of the project.
The northern side of the RRR will start from Sangareddy and pass through Narsapur, Toopran, Gajwel, Jagdevpur, Bhongir, Yadagirigutta and end up at Choutuppal to cover 160 km.
It was included in Centrally-funded Bharat Mala Pariyojana Project (Phase I). It was temporarily designated as NH 166 AA highway. The preparation of DPR was underway.
The southern portion will also start from Sangareddy but pass through Kandi, Nawabpet, Chevella, Shabad, Shadnagar, Amangal, Marriguda, Sivannaguda, Sansthan Narayanpur and culminate at Choutuppal over 182 kms. This was included in Bharat Mala Project (Phase II).
About 5,000 acres of land were likely to be required for the southern side. The final alignment for the road will be designed by the consultancy in two months. The land requirement for north was fixed at 4,200 acres.
