After Kurnool Resident Moves High Court, Andhra Pradesh Govt Sanctions Budget For Repairing Road To Pilgrim Village

The Andhra Pradesh State Roads and Buildings Department has informed the High Court that an amount of Rs.32 crores has been sanctioned by way of a Government Order for carrying out repair works on the road that connects Kurnool to a pilgrim village, Mantralayam.

The Government Order was issued resultant of a public interest litigation that brought before the court the hardships faced by the citizens due to the 14km road being in a dilapidated condition and prayed that the State authorities be directed to take up repair works on an urgent basis.

The PIL was filed by a resident of the Kurnool District and was placed before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Raghunandan Rao. In the petition it was stated that condition of the road was so bad that RTC buses and ambulances were unable to travel on the road. It was stated that students and adults who used the RTC buses to reach schools/colleges/offices were facing serious hardship commuting through the above-mentioned road.

The Court in October, 2023 had passed interim directions, directing the roads department to stop lorries from commuting through the road as the same was causing further damage and had also directed the government to allot funds on an urgent basis so that repairs could be taken up.

The matter was adjourned as time was sought to establish whether Notices Inviting Tenders had been issued or not.

Case no.:WP(PIL) 167 of 2022

Counsel for petitioner: K. Rathanga Pani Reddy

Counsel for Respondents: GP for roads and buildings.

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