Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has made an announcement regarding the funds sanctioned for multiple projects in various states, including Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Goa.

In Maharashtra, Rs 809.77 crore has been sanctioned for rehabilitation and upgradation of two-lane on National Highway-63 from Udgir to Degalur and Adampur Fata to Sagroli Fata section. This highway connects the border districts of Latur, Nanded in Maharashtra with Nizamabad district in Telangana.

In Andhra Pradesh, Rs 400 crore has been sanctioned for the development of 13 state roads, covering a length of 200.06 km, under the CRIF scheme. Additionally, Rs 98 crore has been approved for the construction of a four-lane Sankar Vilas road overbridge (ROB) on the Guntur-Nallapadu railway section in Guntur district.

Further, Rs 516 crore has been sanctioned in Telangana for the construction of a 14 km long, four-lane bypass for Nalgonda Town, from Nakrekal to Nagarjuna Sagar section of NH-565. It will alleviate traffic in Nalgonda, enhance road safety with improved connectivity.

Goa has received approval for Rs 557 crore for the four-lane construction of the 9.6 km stretch from Ponda to Bhoma on NH-748, to be executed on EPC mode. This section represents the missing four-lane link between the adjacent four-lane segments of Khandepar to Ponda and the Ribandar bypass.