Overview
- Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday and formally asked the Union Cabinet to approve work on the northern section of the Regional Ring Road, saying about 95% of the land is already acquired.
- The state also pressed for the southern RRR stretch to start at the same time and sought sanction for a Greenfield 12‑lane Hyderabad–Amaravati/Bandar expressway to cut Hyderabad–Vijayawada distance by nearly 100 km and speed freight movement to the port.
- Revanth Reddy requested forest clearance for the proposed Mannanur–Srisailam elevated corridor through the Nallamala area and asked the civil aviation minister to back development of Warangal and Adilabad airports with MRO and cargo facilities, with Telangana offering to provide land.
- Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu unveiled a data‑driven governance plan and committed Rs35,000 crore to 36 priority irrigation projects over three years with milestones that include Veligonda phase‑I dedication on September 1 and Polavaram completion targeted for March 2027.
- State inspections and project reviews on July 16 show both governments are accelerating on‑the‑ground work for Godavari and Krishna lift and gravity schemes while central approvals, environmental clearances and financing remain the principal gates to full execution and the main items to watch next.