NHAI Partially Opens Telangana’s First Greenfield Highway for Traffic
It is expected to significantly enhance regional connectivity by reducing the Hyderabad–Rajahmundry distance by about 56 km and cutting travel time by 2-4 hours.
Hyderabad: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has partially opened the Khammam-Devarapalle stretch of NH-365BG-Telangana’s first access-controlled greenfield highway. Traffic is permitted from Wyra in Telangana to Ponguturu in Andhra Pradesh, covering around 116 km.
In a release, NHAI said that the highway with a total length of 162.12-km was developed under the Bharatmala Pariyojana as a strategic inter-corridor route connecting Telangana to the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh. It is expected to significantly enhance regional connectivity by reducing the Hyderabad–Rajahmundry distance by about 56 km and cutting travel time by 2-4 hours.
The corridor will also provide an efficient alternative route to Visakhapatnam via NH-16, while helping decongest existing highways such as NH-65 and NH-16, improve road safety, and support regional economic activity.
The highway follows a greenfield alignment through key locations including Khammam, Tallampadu, Wyra, Kalluru, Vemsoor, Chinthagudem, Chintalpudi, Jangareddygudem, Koyyalagudem, and Devarapalle, improving connectivity across rural and semi-urban regions.
While a substantial portion is now operational, certain sections remain closed. Package 1 (Thallampadu-Somavaram) is pending completion of a road overbridge, and Package 5 (Koyyalagudem-Devarapalle), though structurally complete, is awaiting final clearances. NHAI aims to make the entire stretch fully operational by June 2026.