The central authorities has accepted the development of the 417 km Nationwide Freeway between Anantapur and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

The state authorities, which had already secured the Bengaluru-Kadapa-Vijayawada Freeway, now may have one other Nationwide Freeway between Anantapur and Guntur.

The associated fee to construct NH 544 D is Rs 9,000 crore. The undertaking is developed underneath hybrid annuity mannequin (HAM). Underneath the HAM mannequin, the Centre can pay 40 per cent, whereas the developer is liable for the remaining 60 per cent.

The concessionaire is accountable for sustaining the undertaking till the concession interval, which covers the development section and 15 years of fastened operations underneath the HAM mannequin involves an finish.

The proposed Anantapur-Guntur Freeway design has been ready by taking into consideration the prevailing Nationwide Highways en route. The proposed NH will join the present NHs and improve remaining sections into four-lane highways.

“The Union Floor Transport and Highways Ministry has cleared the brand new NH between Anantapur and Guntur and began inviting bids to launch the works. We’re gearing as much as kick begin the works by January,” mentioned a senior Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official, stories Instances Of India. 

The 417-kilometre Nationwide Freeway No-544D connects Anantapur to Guntur by way of Tadipatri, Kolimigundla, Owk, Banaganapalli, and Nandyal in Kurnool, and Gajualapalli, Giddalur, Cumbum, and Thokapalli in Prakasam, and Vinukonda, Narasaraopet in Guntur.

​​The freeway undertaking was initiated because the Rs 20,000-crore Anantapur-Amaravati Expressway undertaking 5 years in the past by the earlier Telugu Desam Get together authorities  and was placed on maintain. 

The state authorities realised that buying over 3,000 acres of land from the Union Forest and Setting Ministry was an enormous activity as a result of it was proposed to cross by means of the Nallamala Tiger Reserve.

Along with financial grants, the federal government was required to accumulate and supply practically double the land to the forest division as compensation for the creation of latest forests.