Boost to rural roads in 1,000 villages

The Andhra Pradesh government plans to provide rural connectivity in 14 districts across the state. The project has been linked to the Centre's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

The government issued a GO on March 3, extending the project to 14 districts, which would get internal roads and drains in the next two years. The project would provide these facilities in Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy, Medak, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda and Khammam districts. It covers five scheduled castes and scheduled tribes colonies in each of the erstwhile block in each district. According to an official estimate, about 1,000 villages in the 14 districts will get their internal roads and drains provided under the scheme in the next two years.