₹90.20 Crore Sanctioned to Complete 14 Long-Stalled Bridges Across Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh's Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy has announced the sanction of ₹90.20 crore to complete the construction of 14 long-pending bridges spread across 13 Assembly constituencies.

The bridges had been stalled for several years, primarily due to land acquisition issues. Of the 14 bridges, two are on State highways, while the remaining are on major district roads.

In a press release issued on Sunday, July 5, 2026, Mr. Janardhan Reddy stated that multiple bridge projects had come to a standstill under previous administrations, and the current government, led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, has revived them.

The Minister confirmed that two bridges are located in the Madugula Assembly constituency, with one each in Anakapalli, Payakaraopeta, Pithapuram, Kaikalur, Bhimavaram, Gannavaram, Penamaluru, Darsi, Satyavedu, Gudur, Pulivendula, and Jaggayyapeta.

According to Mr. Janardhan Reddy, the structures of 11 bridges had been completed in the past but remained unusable due to the absence of approach roads. In the remaining three projects, both the bridge structures and approach roads are yet to be finished.

The primary reason for the prolonged delays, he said, was the slow pace of land acquisition. Some projects were initially taken up under a NABARD scheme, but delays caused the scheme to lapse before works could be completed.

The coalition government decided to sanction the necessary funds to complete these abandoned projects at the earliest, the Minister said. Despite the State's financial constraints, the government prioritised these projects in the public interest, with the objective of making the bridges usable as quickly as possible.