Telangana roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy has sought the Centre’s support for a package of road, highway, elevated corridor, ropeway and Regional Ring Road projects, including a proposed 6-km double-decker corridor between LB Nagar and Hayathnagar and financial approval for the northern section of the RRR.
Reddy raised the requests during a meeting with Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari at the Chintan Shivir-2026 in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, according to a report by the Times of India. The two-day event, organised by the Union ministry of road transport and highways, is focused on PM Gati Shakti and coordination between the Centre and states on road infrastructure.
Reddy asked the Union ministry to expedite approval for the LB Nagar-Hayathnagar elevated corridor and include it in the 2026-27 annual plan. He also sought coordination between the proposed corridor and the extension of the Miyapur-LB Nagar Metro corridor to Hayathnagar.
The minister pressed for the six-laning of NH-65 between Hyderabad and Machilipatnam to be expedited. He said traffic on the highway had crossed 1.2 lakh passenger car units and highlighted the need to address accident-prone stretches and black spots. The report did not specify a timeline for the six-laning work or identify the locations of the black spots.
Reddy also requested financial and cabinet approval for the 161-km northern section of the Regional Ring Road from Sangareddy to Choutuppal. He sought Centre-level intervention for the southern section, which he said would be important for the proposed Bharat Future City, industrial parks and radial roads.
Another request concerned the detailed project report for the Hyderabad-Amaravati Greenfield Expressway. Reddy asked that the DPR be expedited and include possible connectivity to Telangana’s proposed dry port and the Machilipatnam-Bandar Port.
The minister additionally sought approval under the Parvatmala scheme for five ropeway projects at Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda, Nagarjunasagar-Nagarjunakonda, Ramagiri Fort and Nizamabad. The projects are estimated to cost ₹1,230 crore. He also requested sanctions for three road overbridges or underbridges under the Setu Bandhan programme and ₹1,227 crore for 33 Central Road Infrastructure Fund road works covering 511 km.
A further proposal involved an elevated corridor on NH-765 through the Nallamala tiger reserve to improve connectivity to Srisailam while protecting the forest ecosystem. The report did not provide details of the proposed alignment, construction method or environmental clearances for the corridor.
“Gadkari said he would look into the issues,” Reddy said, according to the report. Roads and buildings special chief secretary Vikas Raj and senior engineers accompanied the minister. The meeting resulted in requests for consideration; the report did not state that any of the projects had received final approval or funding sanctions.
