Telugu path to salvation

Amaravathi April 07: At last the desire of Telugu People is full filling with the two prominent routes, Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Hyderabad-Amaravathi are soon set to reduce.

According to an official report by the National Highway Authority of India, the completion of the expressways will cut commute time to Bengaluru to less than five hours, from the current eight hours, and to Amaravathi to just about three hours. At present, it takes about four-and-half hours to reach this city in neighboring AP.

However, Two expressways from the city, one to Amaravati and another to Bengaluru, are part of the 40,800 crore highway development package announced for Telangana by the Centre govt.

According to higher officials, NHAI has already appointed a consultant and is in the process of preparing the detail project report (DPR) to develop the expressway from Hyderabad to Amaravati. The 270-km long road is estimated to cost around 8,400 crores. The government aims to complete it in next two years.