Andhra Pradesh has bagged several key projects particularly in the development ofnationalhighways in the last seven years as the Centre has doubled the total length ofNHsby spending a whopping Rs 35,000 crore.
This is considered to be highest Growth rate theAPhas ever witnessed. The Centre is also readying plans to invest close to another Rs 88,000 crore to develop national highways in next few years. Responding to a query posed by BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao, Union road transport and highways minister NitinGadkarion Wednesday said the national highways in AP were doubled in the last seven years of Narendra Modis tenure.
He said the total length of national highways which were spread over 4,193 km in 2014, have now touched 8,183 km with almost 100 per cent increase. Gadkari said the Centre is willing to develop important stretches of highways inGunturdistrict soon after getting the feasibility reports.