Centre okays road projects worth Rs 573.13 cr to TS, AP

HYDERABAD: The Centre has approved road projects worth Rs 573.13 crore for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

In a series of tweets on Thursday, union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari informed that widening of existing two-lane road with paved shoulders from Hyderabad-Bhupalapatnam section on NH-163 in Mulugu district has been approved at a cost of Rs 136.22 crore. He said the project stretch connects major tourist places like Laknavaram lake and Bogatha waterfalls.