Overview

• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 29 National Highway projects covering 272 km in Andhra Pradesh with a total investment of ₹5,233 crore under the PM Gati Shakti framework.
• Major works include a ₹1,994 crore upgrade of the 56 km Madanapalle–Pileru stretch of NH 71 to a four-lane corridor and an ₹858 crore four-lane expansion of the 31 km Kurnool–Mandlem section on NH 340C.
• The NHAI network has more than doubled from 4,000 km in 2014 to 8,700 km in 2025, cutting logistics costs from 16 percent to 10 percent and targeting 9 percent by year-end.
• Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu secured federal backing for an outer ring road around Amaravati and a ₹27,000 crore Hyderabad–Vijayawada greenfield highway and pressed for swift clearance of Vizag and Vijayawada metro projects.
• These projects aim to eliminate accident-prone black spots, decongest urban centres such as Tirupati and Nellore, and strengthen last-mile connectivity in rural and tribal areas.