The Telangana government has asked the Centre to approve construction of the proposed 6-km LB Nagar–Hayathnagar double-decker corridor and replace a planned Reinforced Earth wall with a viaduct on the LB Nagar–Malkapur section of NH-65, a move it says could reduce large-scale property acquisition in Hyderabad’s eastern corridor.
Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy made the requests to Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday during a two-day national conclave in Gujarat convened to review road projects and pending proposals from states.
The state has sought sanction for the elevated LB Nagar–Hayathnagar corridor under the Centre’s 2026-27 Annual Plan. It has also asked for the proposed design on the LB Nagar–Malkapur stretch of NH-65 to be changed from an RE wall to a viaduct. According to the minister’s submission, the viaduct would avoid property acquisition and allow smoother integration with Phase-II of the Miyapur–LB Nagar Metro Rail expansion.
The requests come as Telangana seeks the Centre’s approval to widen NH-65 to a six-lane, or 6+2, configuration. The minister told the Centre that traffic on the corridor had crossed 1.20 lakh Passenger Car Units a day and that the road contains several accident-prone locations and black spots. The proposal still requires financial and Cabinet-level clearances.
The state also pressed for early approval of the 161.5-km Northern Regional Ring Road, planned between Sangareddy and Choutuppal. The government said more than 90 per cent of land acquisition awards had been completed and that the National Highways Authority of India had floated tenders. It sought early financial and Cabinet clearances for the project and asked the Centre to take up the Southern Regional Ring Road on similar terms.
The Southern RRR was presented as important for Bharat Future City and industrial clusters, linking the road proposal to Telangana’s wider plans for regional expansion and economic development. The request adds another major road project to the state’s list of pending approvals, although the supplied report does not specify a construction timeline or estimated project cost for either regional ring road.
The minister also sought faster preparation of a detailed project report for a high-speed freight corridor connecting Telangana’s proposed dry port with Bandar Port in Andhra Pradesh. The proposed link is intended to strengthen the movement of goods between the state and the coastal port, but the report does not provide details on its alignment, financing or execution schedule.
Other requests included Rs 1,230 crore for five eco-friendly tourist and spiritual ropeways connecting Yadadri, Hanuman Hill, Nagarjuna Sagar, Ramagiri Fort and Killa Ramalayam. Telangana also sought an elevated corridor on NH-765 through the tiger reserve on the Hyderabad–Srisailam route, citing the need to protect wildlife while improving connectivity for pilgrims.
The state further requested Rs 1,227.75 crore for 33 road projects under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund, covering 511.68 km, along with approval for three road overbridges or underbridges at Kothagudem, Sultanabad and Nalgonda under the 2026-27 programme. The next milestones are the Centre’s financial, Cabinet and programme-level decisions on the proposals.
