The Outer Ring Road is a long ring road
expressway under construction, encircling the city of
Warangal
Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an .
Warangal ser ...
, Telangana, India.
History
The foundation of the expressway was laid by the
Chief Minister of Telangana,
K. Chandrashekar Rao
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), often referred to by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician serving as the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Ra ...
in October 2017. The long is constructed jointly by
National Highways Authority of India
The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and i ...
(NHAI) and R&B Department of the
government of Telangana
The Government of Telangana also known as Telangana Government, is the governing authority of the state of Telangana in India. It consists of an executive, a judiciary and a legislative.
The state government is headed by the Governor of Tela ...
. NHAI took up the construction of stretch which would act as a
bypass of
National Highway 163
The following highways are numbered 163:
Brazil
* BR-163
Canada
* Prince Edward Island Route 163
Costa Rica
* National Route 163
India
* National Highway 163 (India)
Japan
* Japan National Route 163
United States
* U.S. Route 163 (former)
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while the remaining would be constructed by R&B. The total estimated cost of the project is 7 billion.
Progress
As of March 2020, construction of. NH bypass stretch of the expressway is completed.
References
External links
Proposed roads in India
Transport in Warangal
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