Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Ministers Discuss NH-16 Six-Lane Work in Andhra Pradesh
Union ministers are discussing widening a highway in Andhra Pradesh.
The plan is to make a section of NH-16, which is a major road, wider with six lanes.
This would improve travel to the upcoming airport and Visakhapatnam.
The ministers are talking about how to finish the road work between Narasannapeta and Ichchapuram.
Parts of the road have already been widened.
The pending section needs at least 17 bridges.
This is important for safe and comfortable travel in the region.
Union ministers discussed the six-laning of NH-16 (Chennai-Kolkata) from Narasannapeta to Ichchapuram.
The project aims to provide a six-lane road for safe travel to the upcoming airport and Visakhapatnam.
K. Ram Mohan Naidu met with Nitin Gadkari to review the pending highway project.
The six-lane road work from Anandapuram to Narasannapeta was completed in 2022.
The pending work from Tamarapalli village in Narasannapeta to Ichchapuram has not progressed.
- Who
- Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu and Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
- What
- Discussion of the six-laning of NH-16.
- When
- Recent talks between Union Ministers.
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh, specifically between Narasannapeta and Ichchapuram.
- Why
- To expedite the widening of NH-16 for improved connectivity and safe travel.
- Highway
- NH-16 (Chennai-Kolkata)
- Project Location
- Narasannapeta to Ichchapuram
- Project Details
- Six-laning of NH-16
- Key Individuals
- Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu and Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
- Current Status
- Pending project from Tamarapalli village in Narasannapeta to Ichchapuram