-Villages unable to access NH-16 easily
-Flyover with underpass needed at Veleru crossing
-Underpass required at Munagacherla
AMARAVATI: TDP National President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday urged Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to solve problems of local villages by constructing a flyover with underpass at Veleru crossing in Krishna district.
In a letter to Gadkari here, Naidu said the farmers, students and general public of over a half dozen villages were unable to access the National Highway (NH-16). To resolve their problem, the flyover with underpass should constructed on NH-16 at Veleru crossing in Bapulapadu mandal.
The TDP chief said at Veleru crossing, there was a temple on one side of NH-16 and a church on the other side. Also, a zilla parisha high school was located close by. As a result, the people of Veleru, Remalle, Singannagudem, Mallavalli, Kotha Mallavalli, Vattigudipadu and Anantasagaram villages were finding it difficult to access NH-16.
Naidu said that an underpass should be built at Veleru crossing so as to enable people of Bapulapadu and Agiripalli mandals in Krishna district to access NH-16 easily. The Hanuman Junction Journalists Welfare Society has made a representation for the same.
The TDP chief told Gadkari that NH-16 has been a lifeline for coastal Andhra connecting two ends of the State and beyond. Traffic problem was eased to some extent after the Union Road Transport Ministry constructed Hanuman Junction bypass road in Bapulapadu mandal. However, traffic problems continued at Veleru crossing due to lack of an underpass.
Chandrababu Naidu wrote another letter to the Union Minister for construction of another underpass at Munagacherla in Nandigama mandal. These issues required early attention considering the pressing demand from the local public.
