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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Shri N Chandrababu Naidu has thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Road Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari following the approval of the 1,107-km Kharagpur-Amaravati greenfield highway. The corridor includes a 457-km four-lane stretch through Andhra Pradesh, to be built at an estimated cost of INR 32,000 crore. Shri Naidu said the project will link Andhra Pradesh with Eastern India, lower logistics costs for farmers and industry, and support the growth of Amaravati as an economic hub.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Shri N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari following the approval of the 1,107-km Kharagpur-Amaravati greenfield highway. The corridor includes a 457-km four-lane stretch passing through Andhra Pradesh, to be constructed at an estimated cost of INR 32,000 crore.
In a post on social media platform X late on Sunday, Shri Naidu said that on behalf of the people of Andhra Pradesh, he thanked the Prime Minister and the Union Minister for approving the corridor. He described the project as a landmark initiative that would establish a direct link between Andhra Pradesh and Eastern India, strengthening connectivity between the two regions.
According to the Chief Minister, the greenfield highway is expected to significantly reduce logistics costs for farmers and industry in Andhra Pradesh, thereby supporting the growth of the state's greenfield capital city, Amaravati, as a leading economic hub. He added that the corridor would open up new opportunities across trade, agriculture, manufacturing and employment, extending its economic benefit beyond the immediate transport sector.
The Kharagpur-Amaravati corridor, once completed, is expected to provide a direct high-speed road link between West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, cutting through several states in eastern and southern India and offering an alternative route to the congested coastal highway network that currently connects the two regions. Greenfield highways of this scale are typically developed as access-controlled expressways, designed to significantly reduce travel time and transport costs by bypassing existing towns, cities and traffic bottlenecks along conventional routes.
The project forms part of the central government's continuing push to expand India's national highway network through new greenfield corridors, several of which have been approved and developed in recent years to improve connectivity between the country's eastern, southern and western regions. For Andhra Pradesh, the corridor is expected to complement other ongoing infrastructure initiatives centred around Amaravati, which the state government has been developing as its new administrative and economic capital, with substantial investment directed toward roads, urban infrastructure and institutional buildings in the region.
Improved connectivity to Eastern India is also expected to benefit Andhra Pradesh's agricultural and industrial exports, given the corridor's potential to shorten transit times for goods moving between the state and markets in West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and other eastern states. The approval marks a significant addition to India's greenfield highway portfolio and is likely to feature prominently in the state government's broader narrative around Amaravati's development as it continues to position the capital region as a hub for trade, manufacturing and investment.
Source PTI
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