Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Tuesday said that the State government was according top priority to improve the road connectivity and took it as a mission to develop the roads in the urban areas and the rural pockets as well.
“Developing the roads will help accelerate industrial and business development. A region with good road network will attract more and more investors for sure,” he said while inaugurating the four-lane bridge built across Gaderu drain near Sarpavaram by the Roads and Buildings Department at a cost of ₹3.9 crore.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the new bridge would play a key role of industrial development in and around Sarpavaram and Madhavapatnam in the days to come. He observed that there wasa huge scope for promotion of Information Technology industries in the area.
NTR statue
Unveiling the statue of former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao near the bridge, Mr. Ramakrishnudu said that the place was an ideal location to install the statue, as people would get inspired by the life and contributions of the late leader to the State. “He was the one who encouraged common men to enter into politics and provided rights to women on ancestral properties,” the Minister recalled.
‘Quota welcome’
Referring to the Centre’s proposal of extending 10% reservations to the economically backward sections, he said that it was a welcome decision, but the implementation should be done above the political lines. “I hope the Centre will not politicise the implementation of these reservations,” he said. Kakinada Rural MLA Pilli Ananthalakshmi, Constituency development officer M. Jyothi, Superintending Engineer of the R&B P.D. Vijay Kumar and other officials and elected representatives were present.