VIJAYAWADA: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has approved an annual plan with an outlay of Rs 6,421 crore for the 2021-22 fiscal to expedite the NH (O) projects in Andhra Pradesh. For the first time, the State has received the highest sanction as an annual plan from the MoRTH for NH (O) projects.
The MoRTH has sanctioned Rs 267 crore for the State in 2019-20, which was later revised to Rs 1,830 crore after Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and explained to him the need for expediting the ongoing NH (O) projects in the State by allocating more Central funds.
