VIJAYAWADA: The total length of National Highways in the residual Andhra Pradesh has gone up to 8,183 km from 4,193 km in August, 2014. Construction of a total length of 2,785 km of NHs has been completed in the last seven years at a cost of Rs 23,580 crore, while building of 1,203 km of NHs at a cost of Rs 12,756 crore is in progress.
Replying to a question raised by BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari put the total investment on the construction of NHs in the country since June, 2014 at Rs 10.04 lakh crore.
