Lok Sabha Question No. 5499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Ring Roads in Telangana
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Smt. D K Aruna, Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the State Government of Telangana has sent proposals for building a Regional Ring Road with a length of about three hundred fifty kilometers  to  ease  traffic  in  and  around  Hyderabad  and  has  agreed  to contribute  50  percent  of  the  land  acquisition  cost,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether the State Government  of Telangana  has signed the tripartite  agreement  and  had  sent  it  to  the  Ministry  and  the  land acquisition process was initiated for the Northern Corridor with compensation  awards  passed  by  the  State  Government  and  yet  to  be approved  by  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI),  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has been requested to sanction Rs. 34,367.62 crore as financial assistance and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the status of granting environmental clearance for the land acquisition process and the efforts being made  to take up land acquisition  for  the  Southern  Corridor  simultaneously  along  with  the timeframe for completion of the project; and
- (e) the reasons for delay in approval, fund allocation and implementation of the project and the corrective action taken thereon?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5499 ANSWERED ON 3 RD  APRIL, 2025

## RING ROADS IN TELANGANA

## 5499.  SMT. D K ARUNA:

SHRI EATALA RAJENDER:

SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) Yes  sir,  the  State  Government  of  Telangana  has  requested  the Central  Government  for  sanction  of  Regional  Ring  Road  for  Hyderabad city and gave an undertaking to bear 50% of the land acquisition cost of the project. (b) The Tripartite Agreement for the sharing of land acquisition cost is yet  to  be  signed.  The  alignment  for  the  Northern  part  of  Hyderabad Regional Ring Road has been finalised. (c) A request for sanction of  the Regional Ring Road at an estimated cost  of Rs. 34,367.62 crore for has been received. (d) The Environment Clearance for the Northern part of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road has been granted on 18.03.2025. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Southern part of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road is in progress, and the project will be taken up based on the outcome of the DPR and inter-se priority of the work. (e) Development of National Highways is a continuous process. Government keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments including from the State of Telangana for declaration/upgradation/development of National Highways (NHs). Decision  for  project  implementation  and  investment  is  taken  based  on the  outcome  of  DPR,  requirement  of  connectivity,  inter-se  priority  and

- synergy with PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.

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