Due to land acquisition issues, the Telangana government’s ambitious Hyderabad Regional Ring Road project has been delayed.
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, informed the Lok Sabha on 02 January in a written reply that the state government has yet to deposit the committed 50% share of the land acquisition (LA) cost with the centre.
As a result, the Road Transport Ministry is unable to proceed with the notification required under Section 3D of the National Highways Act of 1956 for the acquisition of land for the project.
The Regional Ring Road (RRR) project has been included under Bharatmala Phase-I, with undertaking and willingness from the state government of Telangana, for bearing the cost of shifting of obstructing utilities and sharing half of the land acquisition cost.
