Development of roads taken up with Rs 2,205 cr

VIJAYAWADA: The government has taken up development of 8,268 km length of roads in the State at a cost of Rs 2,205 crore, said Roads and Buildings Minister M Shankar Narayana. Speaking to mediapersons at the R&B office here on Thursday, he said for the first time in the history of the State, road repairs and development works were taken up at such a huge cost. R&B roads were badly damaged due to heavy rains, floods and cyclones in the last two years. About 45,000 km length of R&B roads in the State need to be repaired as part of road maintenance every five years. The Indian Road Congress (IRC) policy was neglected by the previous regime, he alleged.