Will Transform Nalgonda Municipal Corporation into a Super Smart City: Minister Komatireddy

Telangana Roads and Buildings and Cinematography Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy has announced plans to transform Nalgonda Municipal Corporation into a super smart city. On Thursday, he laid the foundation stones for several development projects in the district headquarters. These included road widening and strengthening works along a three-kilometre stretch from Kathalguda to the Rajiv Gruhakalpa housing complex, at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. The minister said the state was undertaking road development works worth Rs 25,000 crore, with double roads being developed to connect mandal headquarters with district centres and villages with mandals. Around 9,000 kilometres of roads are planned across Telangana, while double-road projects worth Rs 2,000 crore are proposed in Nalgonda district. He also highlighted the six-lane road project from Nalgonda to Dharveshipuram, being taken up at a cost of Rs 50 crore, and the road works from Dharveshipuram to Kanagal.

The minister said further development projects would be implemented in Nalgonda Corporation with funds from both the Central and state governments. He noted that the RTC depot had been modernised using state funds and said arrangements were being made to provide tap connections to every household and ensure round-the-clock drinking water supply within the next 18 months. He also announced plans to construct 500 houses in a G+3 model near the Housing Board area for homeless poor families. Earlier, he laid the foundation stone for an integrated mandal complex building at the Bhavitha Centre premises, estimated to cost Rs 17.50 crore. MLC Shankar Naik, Mayor Burri Chaitanya Srinivas Reddy, District Collector B. Chandrashekar, Deputy Mayor Ameer Ali, officials and local public representatives attended the programme.