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Telangana CM Orders Ring Roads for District Centers, Aligns Road Plan With Policy-2047

The directives shift the programme into feasibility studies tied to highway linkages and transport digitization.

Overview

  • Officials were told to draw up plans for ring roads around all major district headquarters, add radial connectors, and link them to National and State Highways where feasible.
  • Road development must follow the Road Sector Policy-2047 with coordination directed with GHMC and the Revenue Department before starting identified works.
  • Ongoing construction of Road Over Bridges and Road Under Bridges will be expedited, with new proposals to be prepared wherever needed.
  • Transport modernization was ordered: only electric vehicles are to be procured or hired by government departments under the CURE framework, all services will move fully online, and dedicated RTO buildings will replace rented offices.
  • Integration with larger corridors advances, including planning a modern bus terminal near Shamshabad for the proposed high-speed rail and studying a greenfield link from Nagarjunasagar to the HyderabadVijayawada Expressway.