Date:07/11/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110760161000.htm

Andhra Pradesh

NH-9 expansion on course

NALGONDA: A total of 675 hectares has been acquired to facilitate four-laning of 181 km stretch of Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway-9, Minister for Roads & Buildings Galla Aruna Kumari said on Friday.

Speaking to the media at Suryapet, the Minister said the process was on in Nalgonda and Krishna districts to acquire the remaining 428 hectares required for widening National Highway-9.