Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy sought Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari’s support for expeditious development of Visakhapatnam-Bhogapuram beach corridor which helps in fast commuting between the port city and Bhogapuram, where an international airport is coming up, apart from giving a fillip to tourism in the north coastal belt.
In a meeting with Mr. Gadkari in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said the construction of western bypass road in Vijayawada was going on at a brisk pace, and urged Mr. Gadkari to take steps for linking it to the CRDA grid road.
He further said the State government was ready to give land for the proposed multi modal logistics park in Vijayawada, and requested the Union Minister to help in preparing DPR for Vijayawada eastern bypass.