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Sidda Raghava Rao vows better road connectivity
Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day seminar on ‘Urban Transport Corridors’ conducted by the NGO IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering), the Minister said the urban population is likely to jump from 30 per cent to 38 per cent in 2016, and subsequently, the urban roads will be
Visakhapatnam: The Minister for Transport Sidda Raghava Rao on Friday said that the State government is striving hard to build state-of-art infrastructure despite the financial constraints as road-connectivity and better transport modes would boost the economy of the State. He said that the population in cities will see a large-scale increase in the coming days, and the roads and transportation facilities need to be improved urgently.
Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day seminar on ‘Urban Transport Corridors’ conducted by the NGO IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering), the Minister said the urban population is likely to jump from 30 per cent to 38 per cent in 2016, and subsequently, the urban roads will be rendered chockablock. Hence, the need of the hour is to ensure strengthening of transport facilities to ensure quality of life in cities, he said.
Member (Tech) of NHAI, DO Tawade Chama said that the Central government has planned to build 55,449 kilometres of highways, expressways, economic corridors, port connectivity roads and ring roads under a NHDP (National Highways Development Project) programme in seven phases, out of which 28,630 kilometres of various road works is already completed.
In Andhra Pradesh, a six-lane highway from Anantapur to Amaravati, connecting Kurnool and Kadapa is to be built under phase-6 of NHDP’s project. Under the same project, a ring road is also to be built around the State capital of Amaravati,” Tawade Chama said.The two-day seminar would mainly highlight major issues like availability of limited space, the ever-burgeoning urban traffic, and how to resolve the issue by construction of elevated structures such as flyovers and metros. The crux of the discussions would be how to transport more people in the least given time.
