Hyderabad Feb 19 PTI The NDA government at the Centre has taken up construction of highways on a large-scale in Telangana with the network of National Highways increasing by 99 per cent in the State since 2014 Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Saturday Reddy who spoke to reporters on the development of highways in Telangana said the NH and others in the infrastructure sector have been among the thrust areas of the Modi-headed government Asserting that highway connectivity got an impetus during the previous NDA government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee he alleged that the construction of highways moved at a snails pace during the UPA regime An average of 37 kms of NH are being constructed everyday in the country and such construction is not happening on such a scale in any other country in the world he claimed The Modi government has given Telangana priority to building NH he said The length of NH in the State was 2511 km before Modi became Prime Minister in 2014 and 2483 km of new NHs have been built in the last seven years he said The length of NH in 2021 in the State was 4994 km The NH network increased by 99 per cent after Modi became the Prime Minister he said All the districts of the State except Peddapalli are now connected by NH Reddy said the new NH works at a cost of Rs 31624 crore have been sanctioned during the last six years He said works including a regional ring road RRR at a cost of Rs 32755 crore are being sanctioned during 2022-23 The Hyderabad-Bengaluru NH 44 in Telangana would be made into a six-lane from the existing four-lane he said It is not only planned to develop the existing highway from 4-lane to 6-lane but also as super information highway with real-time digital information management system said an official press release The approximate cost of conversion is Rs 4750 crore said the release Under the PM Gati Shakti five corridors of 898-km length costing Rs 22706 crore have been included as high-impact projects in Telangana the Union Minister said He said a RRR has been proposed to be developed on the outskirts of Hyderabad The northern part of proposed RRR for a length of 15850 km is approved and notified as NH the release said adding that the RRR would accelerate economic development PTI SJR NVG NVG