The Central government will spend nearly ₹3 lakh crore on development of highways and roads in Andhra Pradesh in the next two years, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari announced on Thursday.
Gadkari was speaking at Vijayawada after laying the foundation stone for 51 various road projects being taken up at a cost of ₹21,000 crore in the state, along with chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Of them, 30 road projects run into 735 km with an estimated cost of ₹10,368 crore and 21 projects measuring 645 km with a cost of ₹11,191 crore.
The Union minister also inaugurated a second flyover at the busy Benz Circle in the city on Chennai-Kolkata national highway.
