Lok Sabha Question No. 3357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Status of Ongoing National Highway Projects in Telangana
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kunduru Raghuveer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3357 ANSWERED ON 12 TH   MARCH, 2026

Status of ongoing National Highway Projects in Telangana

3357. Shri Kunduru Raghuveer:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) the total number  of  National Highway  projects  that are ongoing or recently sanctioned in the State of Telangana during the last five years, indicating the total length involved and the sanctioned cost thereof; (b) the  present  physical  and  financial  progress  of  each  of  these projects, district-wise; (c) the timelines fixed for completion of these projects; (d) whether any delays have been reported due to land acquisition issues, forest or environmental clearances, contractor performance, fund constraints and if so, the details thereof; (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure quality control, transparency and timely completion of highway works in Telangana; and (f) whether the Government proposes to prioritize highway development in backward and semi-urban districts of Telangana to promote industrial  growth  and  improve  connectivity  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a), (b), (c) & (d) The details are enclosed as Annexure-A.

(e) The  Government  has  taken  several  steps  to  ensure  quality control, transparency, and timely completion of  National Highway works.  These  include  transparent  e-tendering,  quality  checks  by Independent  Engineer/ Authority's Engineer, third-party quality inspections by Independent Quality Auditor, using digital monitoring  systems,  and  linking  contractor  payments  to  project milestones. Strict penalties are imposed for delays or poor-quality work, ensuring better execution of highway projects.

All the NH projects are constructed and maintained duly following the prescribed standards and specifications, India Road Congress (IRC) codes and manuals to ensure the quality of the NHs.

Regular  review  meetings  are  being  conducted  to  monitor  the progress of works to resolve the issues causing delays. Also, the State Government is regularly conducting Interdepartmental coordination  meetings  with  all  stakeholders  on  pre-construction activities  like  Land  Acquisition,  Forest  clearances  and  shifting  of Utilities to ensure hindrance free and speedy implementation of the projects to complete within time schedule.

(f) The Government in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways  receives  proposals  from  various  State  Governments/ Union  Territories (UTs), from  time  to time, for declaration / upgradation of State Roads, including backward region and semi- urban districts, as National Highways (NHs). Decisions are taken to notify  State  Roads  as  NHs  from time  to  time  based  on the  broad principles  of  declaration  of  NHs,  requirement  of  connectivity, traffic  density  and  synergy  with  PM  Gati  Shakti  National  Master Plan (NMP).

Annexure-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a), (b), (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3357 ANSWERED ON 12 th March, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI KUNDURU RAGHUVEER REGARDING STATUS OF ONGOING NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN TELANGANA

|   S. N0 . | Name of the project                                                                     |   Total projec t cost (Rs.Cr .) |   Leng th (Km) | Likel y date of comp letio n (DD. MM.Y YYY)   |   Phy sic al pro gre ss (%) |   Fina ncia l prog ress (%) | Major reasons for delay                                | Distric t Name       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | km.7/950 (Uppal) to km.14/200 of NH-163 to De- Congest the Urban Limits of Hyderabad-   |                          626.76 |           6.25 | 31.08.2 027                                   |                          50 |                          48 | Land Acquisitio n, EPC contractor' s Financial issues. | Medcha l Malkajgi ri |
|         2 | + PS with drains from km 14/200- 18/600 of Hyderabad - Bhoopalapatnam section of NH-163 |                           48.32 |           4.4  | 30.06.2 026                                   |                          84 |                          83 | Forest Clearance                                       | Medchal Malkajgi ri  |

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| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |         |        |             |    |    |                                     |                                   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|-------------|----|----|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| aka Border) section of NH- 161B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  512.98 | 45.946 | 31.12.2 026 | 40 | 34 | Land Acquisitio n, Forest clearance | Sangare ddy                       |
| Rehabilation and upgradation of LB nagar to Malkapur section to 6-lane main cariageway with service road, drains , come footpath , including VUPs and widening of minor bridge & road safety provision from Km 15/00 to Km 40/00 of NH-63 (old NH- 9) under NH(O) for the year 2020-21 |  545.11 | 22.492 | 31.07.2 026 | 79 | 77 | Encroach ments issues.              | Rangare ddy ,Yadadri Bhuvana giri |
| 6 Lanning of Pune- Hyderabad section of NH-65 from km 493+00 to 524+000 from Sangareddy X Road to Madinaguda (Excluding BHEL Flyover from Km 520+000 to Km 521+650) in the                                                                                                             | 1297.75 | 29.35  | 31.03.2 027 | 34 | 32 | Land Acquisitio n                   | Sangare ddy, Rangare ddy          |

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|    | Telangana                                               |    |                  |    |       |                                    |               |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------|----|------------------|----|-------|------------------------------------|---------------|
|  6 | Km 17+000 to Km 18+000 of Jadcherla - 45.81             | 1  | 31.10.2 026      | 67 | 66    | Railway clearance, Land acquistion | Mahabu bnagar |
|  7 | Kalwakurthy - Kollapur section of NH-167K in the 886.69 |    | 79.3 30.06.2 026 | 80 | 77    | Land Acquisitio n                  | Nagarku rnool |
|  8 | 0.000 to 14.000 (length 14.00Km) (Existing Ch Km 516.17 | 14 | 06.10.2 027      |    | 23 16 | Land Acquisitio n                  | Nalgond a     |

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|   Mode Annual 25 | Telangana on EPC under plan 2024-                                                                                                                                                                     |        |        |             |    |    |                                                       |                                         |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|----|----|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|                9 | Widening & strengthening to 2 Lane/4lane with paved shoulders from km 0+000 to km 60+255 of Mahabubnagar - Chincholi section of NH-167N in the                                                        | 703.68 | 60.255 | 31.12.2 026 | 91 | 88 | Land Acquisitio n & Forest Clearance                  | Mahabu bnagar, Narayan pet & Vikaraba d |
|               10 | Widening & strengthening to 4lane/2 lane with paved shoulders of Mahabubnagar - Chincholi section from km 60+255 to Km 102/834 of NH- 167N in the state of Telangana under Annual Plan 2021-22 on EPC | 631.49 | 42.579 | 31.12.2 026 | 34 | 30 | Railway clearance and Slow progress by EPC contractor | Vikaraba d                              |
|               11 | Rehabilitation and upgradation of NH- 365 from Design km.121/0 to 154/0 to two lane with paved shoulders                                                                                              | 192.67 | 33     | 31.05.2 026 | 96 | 93 | Forest Clearance and slow progress by EPC contractor  | Waranga l,Mahab ubabad                  |
|               12 | Widening and Strenthening of Existing 2L+PS to 4 lane +PS from                                                                                                                                        | 317.19 | 29.6   | 30.04.2 026 | 83 | 80 | Land Acquisitio n                                     | Hanuma konda,M ulugu                    |

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| Km 150+000 to Km 159+000 & from Km 165+400 to Km 186+000 of NH-163 (Old NH- 202) under NH(O) - TSP for the year 2020-21 on EPC mode in the state of Telangana                                                    |       |       |             |    |    |                                                                       |        |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------------|----|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Strengthening and improvement of Road Safety of Hyderabad - Bhupalapatnam section of NH-163 from km 215/0 to 231/0, km 236/0 to km 247/0, km 294/6 to km 307/3 in the state of Telangana under Annual Plan 2021- | 48.2  | 39.7  | 31.05.2 026 | 94 | 89 | LWE affected area (Law and order) and Slow progress by EPC contractor | Mulugu |
| Improvement of Road Safety through rectification of identified Black Spot ID TG (02)- 249 by Permanent improvement of junctions near Peddagollagudem from km 287.200 to km 288.240 of Warangal Mulugu            | 10.08 |  1.04 | 31.03.2 026 | 82 | 66 | LWE affected area (Law and order) and Slow progress by EPC contractor | Mulugu |

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|       | section of NH-163                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |            |                 |       |       |                                                                 |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------|-------|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 15 16 | 288/240) section of NH-163 of Hyderabad - Bhupalapatnam road in the state of Telangana on EPC mode under Annual Plan 2022- 23 One time improvement to Mahabubabad to Nellikuduru stretch from Km 0/0 to 7/0 (Bypassed stretch) & Km 26/100 to 30/200 (Bypassed stretch), Thorrur | 10.31 21.5 | 026 21.04.2 026 | 30 36 | 17 28 | and Slow progress by EPC contractor Slow progress by Contractor |

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| (Bypassed stretch) & Mahabubabad to Yellandu stretch from Km 0/6 to 2/4 (Bypassed stretch)of Gowrelly to Kothagudem road of NH 930P in the   |        |        |                    |    |    |                             |                      |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------------------|----|----|-----------------------------|----------------------|
| 17 Bhadrachalam Section) in the                                                                                                              | 334.82 | 43.185 | Under Termin ation | 80 | 80 | Contractor financial issues | Bhadadri Kothagu dem |
| 18 km 166/0 of NH 221 under Annual                                                                                                           |  98.45 |  2.4   | 31.07.2 026        | 94 | 94 | Contractor financial issues | Bhadadri Kothagu dem |
| 19 187+723 and link road including widening of road                                                                                          | 124    |  5.47  | 30.06.2 026        | 84 | 82 | Land Acquisitio n           | Nalgond a            |

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| NH-167 in the Municipality limits of Miryalaguda town                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |        |        |             |    |    |                       |                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|----|----|-----------------------|-------------------------|
| Permanent rectification of black spots at TG- (02)-115 (km 39/6 to 40/10), TG-(02)- 448(38/650- 39/1s0), TG (02)- 387(41/4-41/9), TG- (02)-388 (km 43/8- 44/3) including improving road safety and the riding quality of the road surface and Junction at Km.38/875, 40/775, 41/75O , 43/410 on Khammam-Kurvi section ol NH- 365A |  57.52 |  7.05  | 31.05.2 026 | 82 | 62 | Shifting of utilities | Khamma m                |
| Widening to 2 lane with paved shoulders from km 34/250 to km 71/675 of Khammam-Kuravi Section of NH- 365A on EPC mode in the State of Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                   | 445.76 | 37.425 | 31.12.2 027 |  4 |  3 | Land Acquisitio n     | Khamma m                |
| Rehabilitation and Upgradation of Valigonda Thorrur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 549.28 | 69.12  | 30.04.2 026 | 93 | 89 | Land Acquisitio n     | Yadadri Bhongir, Mahabu |

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| 23   | section to two lane with paved shoulders from Km 39.180 to Km 108.30 of NH-930P                                                                                                                    |        |       |             |    |    |                   | babad               |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|-------------|----|----|-------------------|---------------------|
|      | Widening and improvement of existing carriageway to two lane with paved shoulder from km 86/160 to Km 131/730 of Duddeda to Jangaon section                                                        | 423.48 | 45.57 | 31.08.2 026 | 75 | 73 | Land Acquisitio n | Jangaon ,Siddipet   |
| 24   | Widening to 2 lane with paved shoulders of 'Bodhan - Basar - Bhainsa' section from Km 38/900 to Km 95/300 of NH- 161BB in the state of Telangana under Annual Plan 2021-22 on EPC mode under NH(O) | 644.45 | 56.4  | 30.03.2 026 | 99 | 96 | Land Acquisitio n | Nirmal & Nizamab ad |
| 25   | Widening to 2 lane with paved shoulders from Km 0+00 to km 32+970 of Adilabad - bela section of NH 353B in the State of Telangana on                                                               | 490.92 | 32.62 | 03.05.2 026 | 59 | 55 | Land Acquisitio n | Adilabad            |

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| 30   | EPC mode under NH(O) under Annual plan 2022- 23                                                                                                                     |        |       |             |    |    |                  |                         |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|-------------|----|----|------------------|-------------------------|
|      | Widening to Two lane with paved shoulders from 106/830 to 158/496 of Yellareddy - Rudrur Section of NH-765D in the state of Telangana on EPC mode under NH(O) under | 499.88 | 51.7  | 05.07.2 026 | 54 | 53 | Forest Clearance | Kamare ddy & Nizamab ad |
| 31   | Tanamcherla section from km 0/0 to 72/0 and NH-167 Miryalaguda - Kodad Section Km                                                                                   |  18.72 | 28.67 | 23.07.2 026 | 20 | -  | No issues        | Nalgond a & Suryapet    |
| 32   | One time improvement from Km 0/7 to 2/7, Km                                                                                                                         |   4.97 |  4.8  | 14.04.2 026 | 80 | -  | No issues        | Nizamab ad              |

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|    | 4/3 to 5/6, Km 6/0 to 7/5 of Maharashtra State Border to Bodhan section of NH -63 extended in the state of Telangana                                  |         |       |                                                                  |    |    |                             |             |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----|----|-----------------------------|-------------|
| 33 | Construction of Foot Over Bridge at Km 24/570 of Nakrekal Nagarjunasagar section of NH-565 in Telangana State under Annual Plan 2024-                 |    4.9  |  0    | 08.07.2 026                                                      | 10 | -  | No issues                   | Nalgond a   |
| 34 | Improvement of riding quality from Km 668+315 to Km 671+555 of Nirmal- Khanapur section of NH 61 in the State of Telangana under Annual Plan 2024- 25 |   14.54 |  3.24 | 07.07.2 026                                                      |  3 | -  | No issues                   | Nirmal      |
| 35 | Six laning of existing 4-lane from Km 22.300 (Thondupally) to Km 34.144 (Kothur) on Hyderabad to Bangalore section of NH-44 on EPC mode               |  527.43 | 12    | Intenti on to termin ate due to poor perfor mance of Contra ctor | 17 | 14 | Contractor financial issues | Ranga Reddy |
| 36 | Four laning of NH -                                                                                                                                   | 1138.99 | 46.41 | 26.11.2                                                          | 10 | 5  | Environme                   | Rangare     |

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| under BM (Akalkot-Kurnool Section) (Package-I) Construction of 6 lane Access Controlled Highway of Julekal village to Dinnedevarapadu village from Km.242.200 to Km.280.400 under   |         |       |             |    |    |                                                                  |                             |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|-------------|----|----|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 40                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1315.87 | 38.2  | 30.09.2 026 | 63 | 63 | Delay in approval of Design and Concessio naire financial issues | Jogulam ba Gadwal & Kurnool |
| 41 bypass to Design Ch.116.875 (existing Ch.144.050 on NH- 163) at Palvelpula                                                                                                       | 2486.51 | 68.02 | 30.07.2 026 | 89 | 92 | Land Acquisitio n                                                | Karimna gar & Waranga l     |

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|    | Mode)                                                                                                                                                                             |         |       |             |    |    |                                                      |                                           |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|-------------|----|----|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 42 | 4 lane AC New Greenfield Highway Sec on NH-163G (Mancherial Warangal) from Narva to Puttapaka as part of Nagpur Vijayawada Corridor on HAM in Telangana (Package I)               | 1104.2  | 31.47 | 22.12.2 026 | 5  | -  | Concessio naire financial issues                     | Mancher ial                               |
| 43 | 4lane Greenfield Highway Section of NH-163G (Mancherial Warangal) from Puttapaka to Pangidipalle as part of Nagpur Vijayawada Corridor on HAM in Telangana                        | 1145.24 | 37.05 | 12.06.2 027 | 5  | -  | Land acquisition , forest and Concessio naire issues | Peddapa lli & Jayasha nkar Bhupala pally  |
| 44 | (Package II) 4 lane AC New GF Highway Sec on NH-163G (Mancherial Warangal) from Pangidipalle to Oorugonda as part of Nagpur Vijayawada Corridor on HAM in Telangana (Package III) | 1170.64 | 39.89 | 12.06.2 027 | -  | -  | Land acquisition , forest and Concessio naire issues | Jayasha nkar Bhupala pally & Hanuma konda |

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|   45 | 4-Lane AC GH section on NH- 163G (Warangal- Khammam) from Oorugonda village to Venkatpur village as part of Nagpur Vijayawada Corridor on HAM in Telangana (Package-I)                                                                                   |   1140.82 |    38 | 12.06.2 027   |   - |   - | Land acquisition and Concessio naire issues   | Waranga l & Hanuma konda   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-------|---------------|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|   46 | Construction of 4 Lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway section on NH-163G (Warangal- Khammam) Venkatpur village in Warangal District at Design Ch. 150.240 Km to Thallasenkesa village in Mahabubabed District at Design Ch. 189.650 km(Package-II) |   1083.11 | 39.41 | 31.12.2 026   |  59 |  59 | Land Acquisitio n                             | Waranga l & Hanuma konda   |
|   47 | Construction of 4 Lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway section on NH-163G (Khammam- Vijayawada) from                                                                                                                                                |   1021.96 | 29.92 | 18.03.2 027   |  32 |  32 | Land Acquisitio n                             | Khamma m                   |

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|    | V. Venkatayapalem village at Design Ch.220.480 Km to Brahmanapalli(K) village at Design Ch.250.400 Km (Package-I)                                                                            |         |       |                |     |                                             |                           |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|----------------|-----|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 48 | 4-Lane AC GH section on NH- 163G (Khammam- Vijayawada) from Brahmanapalli(K) village to Remidicherla village as part of Nagpur Vijayawada Corridor on HAM in Telangana and                   |  862.58 | 29.8  | 25.03.2 027 11 | 11  | Land acquisition and Concessio naire issues | Khamma m                  |
| 49 | Lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway section on NH-163G (Khammam- Vijayawada) from Remidicherla village to Jakkampudi village as part of Nagpur Vijayawada Corridor on HAM in Telangana | 1225.14 | 29.71 | 06.05.2 027    | 2 2 | Land acquisition and Concessio naire issues | Khamma m and NTR District |

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| Km 41.92O (Green Field Alignment) of Gowrelty to Valigonda Section of NH-930P in the State of Telangana on EPC Mode under Annual Plan 2022-                                                         |         |       |                  | giri          |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|------------------|---------------|
| Rehabilitation and Up gradation of Thorrur to Nehru Nagar Section to Two Lane with Paved Shoulders from Km 109.420 to Km 178.500 of NH-930P in the State of Telangana on EPC mode under             |  675.45 | 69.08 | Recently awarded | Mahabu babad  |
| Construction of Iconic Hybrid Cable Stayed and Suspension Bridge Across Krishna River on NH -167K (Design Chainage km 87+360 to km 88+437) in the State of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on EPC Mode | 1082.56 |  1.08 | Tendering stage. | Nagarku rnool |

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| 55 Approaches of Iconic Bridge                       |   436.91 |   13.44 | Tendering stage.   | Nagarku rnool             |
|------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| 56 to Two Lane/ four lane with Paved Shoulders from  |   826.71 |  52.08  | Tendering stage.   | Bhadadri Kothagu dem      |
| 57 Lane + PS from Km 67/200 (Design Km 67/200) to Km |   662.67 |  41.339 | Tendering stage.   | Jayashn akar Bhupalp ally |

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| Km 108/542) of Sironcha-Atmakur Section of NH 353C in the State of Telangana on EPC Mode under Annual Plan                                                                                                                 |         |       |                  |                            |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|------------------|----------------------------|
| 4-Laning of Gudebellur (Design Km. 182+930) to Junction with NH 167N (Bhootpur - Chincholi Road) near Palamuru University (Design Ch. 262+940) in Hyderabad - Panaji section of NH-167 (Length 80.01km) under NH(O) in the | 3175.08 | 80.01 | Tendering stage. | Narayan pet& Mahabu bnagar |

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