Notwithstanding the high priority chief minister Naidu attaches to the emerging capital Amaravati, Amaravati-Hyderabad-Banglore expressway failed to get centre’s approval as a priority project. Imagine the fate of Amaravati-Kurnool-Bangalore expressway.
Because, the sole criteria, the traffic volume on this route is not sufficient to take it up immediately as an expressway, centre said. The union government, however, revealed that it was under consideration.
The Amaravati–Hyderabad-Bangalore expressway hasn’t figured in the centre approved list of expressways. It is even listed as a priority work to be taken in the next batch. The Government of India has approved a plan for constructing 1000 km of Expressways under NHDP Phase-VI at a cost of Rs. 16,680 Cr. on DBFOT basis. As per approval of the Cabinet, main criteria for selection of Expressway corridors will be the traffic volume and it was approved that the highest density corridor i.e. Vadodara-Mumbai Corridor (400km) be given top priority. It was also decided that remaining 600 km will be selected out of the routes identified on the basis of traffic volume. The high density corridors approved under NHDP Phase-VI are as under:
*Vadodara-Mumbai Corridor (400 km)
*Delhi-Meerut (66km) on NH-58
*Bangalore-Chennai (334 km) on NH-4
*Delhi-Jaipur (261 km) on NH-8
*Delhi-Chandigarh (249 km) on NH-1 and NH-22
*Kolkata-Dhanbad (277 km) on NH-2 and
*Delhi-Agra (200 km) on NH-2
In addition to above, Government has approved to take up Eastern Peripheral Expressway-135 km, which is not a part of NHDP Phase VI.
(ii) The Government has prioritized the following Expressways:
*Eastern Peripheral Expressway
*Delhi-Meerut Expressway
*Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway
In addition to the above the Government is also considering construction of a few more Expressways as follows:
*Nagpur – Mumbai
*Jaipur – Ajmer – Ahmedabad
*Nagpur – Hyderabad
*Pune – Hyderabad
*Hyderabad – Bangalore
*Amravati – Hyderabad- Bangalore
*Delhi – Amritsar- Jammu- Katra
