Hyderabad: The Centre has cleared the budget for the northern stretch of the Regional Ring Road (RRR) around Hyderabad, ending a prolonged delay.

The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee under the Union finance ministry approved ₹23,995.60 crore for the project, enabling authorities to open pending tenders.

The project had remained stalled for nearly a year despite completion of land acquisition. With approvals now in place, construction is set to begin.

Budget rises sharply after revised cost estimates cleared

Initial estimates pegged the 161.518 km northern stretch at ₹15,000 crore. The revised approval raises the cost by nearly ₹9,000 crore. Officials said any delay beyond the three-year completion timeline could push costs further.

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The road will intersect national and state highways at nine locations. Large interchanges, each spread across 100-120 acres, will be built at these junctions.

Six-lane road planned; construction deadline set at three years

The northern stretch will be developed in two packages. Package 1 will cover 83.518 km from Girmapur in Sangareddy district to Pragnapur in Siddipet district. Package 2 will span 78 km from Pragnapur to Tangedpalli in Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district.

Though initially proposed as an eight-lane road, the project has been scaled down to six lanes. The alignment width has also been reduced from 100 metres to 90 metres. The remaining 10 metres will be handed over to the state government.

Hybrid annuity model chosen for execution

Authorities have opted for the hybrid annuity model after evaluating public-private partnership and build-operate-transfer modes. The Centre will fund 40% of the project cost, while the contractor will raise the remaining 60%.