900 crore boost for road infra in tribal villages

Telanganawill spend Rs 900 crore towards providing connectivity with bitumen roads to tribal habitations with poor road Another Rs 500 crore has been allocated for theRegional Ring Roadproject and Rs 498 crore for road netw- ork improvement programme in leftwing extremist-hit areas.

In all, Rs 6,859 crore has been allocated to roads and buildings department, includ- ing construction of the new secretariat (Rs 400 crore) in the statebudgetfor 2023-24.