Chief minister A Revanth Reddy requested Union minister for road transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari to announce the southern part of the Regional Ring Road (RRR) as a national highway and to grant funds to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) annual plan for this year. He also sought the widening of the Hyderabad – Vijayawada national highway to six lanes.

Revanth Reddy called on Nitin Gadkari in Delhi on Wednesday and apprised the union minister of the widening of national highways, announcement of new national highways and the commencement of works on the roads that have already been declared as national highways.