Widening of Uppal road likely in May

The long pending project of Uppal-Narapally corridor which will decongest the Warangal highway in the east zone is yet to be realised.

There are about 250 properties that are needed to be acquired for the four-lane elevated corridor. Nearly 150 consent letters were given by land and building owners and this was notified to IT minister Mr K.T. Rama Rao.

“There were changes made to the proposal in the past two years and the land acquisition was not taken up on a war footing. Currently property assessment and cheques have to be disbursed for speedy acquisition. The Center is keen on this proposal and the tenders will open within a fortnight,” said Mr N.V.S.S Prabhakar, Uppal MLA who recently met Union minister Mr Nitin Gadkari and submitted a representation for the elevated corridor.

A request has been put up for deputing a special officer to execute this humongous project of `960 crore.

An officer is yet to be deputed to ascertain the land acquisition by assessing the properties and identifying the extent of land required. “The project is like to take off earliest in the month of May, even if the tenders are floated in first week of March. This project is likely to be completed within one year, after starting,” said Mr Prabhakar.

Meanwhile, real estate developers believe that realization of this project will further increase the residential activity in this zone.