Government allocates funds to turn Mancherial-Chandrapur into NH

Mancherial: The proposed conversion of Mancherial-Chandrapur State highway into national highway will be a reality soon with Union government allocating funds in the Budget 2018. It will not only ease traffic snarls but also improve marketing opportunities for farmers of this region.

In December 2016, Union Minister for Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that the 95-km-long stretch would be upgraded to the national highway, which passes through



Asifabad town, by spending Rs 1,500 crore.

Accordingly, the Union government granted funds for laying the road in 2017. Detailed project report of the works and designs of underpasses and bypass roads were already prepared.

The Union government earmarked Rs 5,000 crore to take up five national highways projects in Telangana in the recently presented Budget 2018-19. Among the five, the Mancherial-Chandrapur stretch was given paramount importance.