CM KCR sanctions Rs 2,500 cr for rural roads repair works in Telangana: Minister

Hyderabad, Dec 5 : : Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has sanctioned Rs 2,500 crore for road repair works in rural areas in Telangana, Minister for Roads and Buildings, V.Prashanth Reddy on Monday directed officials concerned to ensure work agreements were issued to contractors before December 15 and to launch the works at the earliest.
‘’At a meeting with R and B department officials here, Prashanth said that these funds would be utilized for taking up Periodical Renewal works and Flood Damaged Roads, including repairing damaged culverts across the State.
All the district Superintending Engineers and Executive Engineers were instructed to take up constituency-wise works, he said the works were to be executed in coordination with the local MLAs and in accordance with their recommendations..
In last month, the Chief Minister had directed the department to take up road repair works in rural areas on a war footing by shedding traditional methods and adopt dynamic methods, the Minister said.
Due to extensive rains in the State, roads and culverts in several areas were damaged badly, he said though, the department had taken up temporary repairs, instructions were issued to take up works with special focus on periodical renewals and flood damaged roads.
Accordingly, the department has identified 4,359 km of road networks, which require periodical renewals and 308 flood damaged road works, including culvert repairs across nine circles in the State, the Minister added.