MAHABUBNAGAR: Stage is set for the expansion of National Highway-167 from Jadcherla to Raichur under the Bharat Mala project. The State government is expected to issue a notification for acquisition of land for the project in the near future. The NHAI has, meanwhile, submitted a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to the Telangana government. The highway, which is currently 30-metre wide, will now be expanded to 60 per cent from Jadcherla to Devasuguru (Karnataka). Four bypass roads would also be built as part of the project.
It may be recalled that the proposals to expand the said highway have been pending for a while now. The survey pertaining to the project was completed in 2017. Back then, the authorities had proposed to expand the road to 70 metres. However, they gave their plans a miss on receiving objections to the project.
