A tripartite agreement to share RRR land acquisition costs has not been signed: Gadkari
Hyderabad: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways told Thursday that the cost of land acquisition (RRR) for the tripartite agreement shared regional loop (RRR) has not been signed.
This is said by the Minister of Road Transport and Nitin Gadkari Roads of Lok Sabha, while answering a question raised by two BJP members from Telangana – DK Aruna and Eatala Rajender and MP CH Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Gadkari said the Telangana government has requested an RRR sanctions centre on Hyderabad and has assumed a 50% burden on land acquisition costs for the project. A tripartite agreement on sharing land acquisition costs has not been signed. He said consistency in the northern part of the Hyderabad regional loop has been completed.
A request for RRR sanctions has been received, with an estimated Rs 343,676.2 crore requests have been received. Environmental clearance in RRR North was approved on March 18, 2025. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the South of RRR is in progress and will be based on the results of the DPR and Inter-SE priority of the work.
The trade union minister further pointed out that the development of national highways is an ongoing process. The government continues to receive recommendations from state governments, including declarations from Telangana, to upgrade and develop national highways.
He explained: “The implementation and investment decisions were made based on the results of the DPR, the connectivity requirements, the Inter-SE priority requirements and the national master plan with the PM Gati Shakti.”
In their question, MPs tried to know whether the Telangana government had proposed a proposal to build an RRR to reduce traffic in Hyderabad and its surrounding areas and agreed to contribute 50% of the land acquisition cost. They also want to know if the Telangana government signed a tripartite agreement and sent it to the ministry.
