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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to absorption connected financially strengthening the Andhra Pradesh Logistics and Infrastructure Corporation (AP-Link) to facilitate large-scale improvement activities crossed the State. He underlined that ensuring pothole-free roads is the government’s apical priority.
The Chief Minister held a reappraisal gathering connected the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department astatine the State Secretariat connected Wednesday. He said the soon-to-be-established AP-Link should beryllium strategically developed with dependable fiscal readying to pull investments successful logistics and infrastructure. “All imaginable gross streams that tin fortify the R&B Department and the logistics corp indispensable beryllium explored. Robust concern successful logistics volition catalyse the improvement of roadworthy networks and infrastructure statewide,” helium said.
Stressing the value of prime and accountability, Mr. Naidu instructed officials to guarantee that roadworthy construction, maintenance, and repair works are carried retired with strict monitoring. He warned that contractors compromising connected quality—and the engineers liable for supervision—would beryllium held accountable.
“The roadworthy attraction and pothole-repair works sanctioned successful March person achieved lone 10–15% progress. Recently approved projects indispensable statesman adjacent month, and each sanctioned works indispensable beryllium completed wrong the adjacent year,” helium said. The Chief Minister besides directed officials to show roadworthy conditions utilizing precocious technologies specified arsenic drones, LiDAR, and outer imagery, and to fast-track the restoration of roads and bridges damaged by Cyclone Michaung.
He further instructed the section to expedite pending works, finalise the database of projects to beryllium taken up nether the PPP model, measure viability spread funding, and motorboat aviator projects connected white-topping roads.
Mr. Naidu emphasised the value of adjacent coordination with the Central Government to guarantee that National Highway projects advancement without delays. “From onshore acquisition to execution, we indispensable widen afloat practice to the Centre. There should beryllium nary scope for delay. Every nationalist typical indispensable remember: it is ever ‘State First – Development First’,” helium said.
Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy and elder officials from the R&B and Finance Departments attended the meeting.
