Hyderabad, Sept. 22 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy held a review of the development of the National Highway network in the state today and ordered the officials to expedite land acquisition and the payment of compensation for the construction of national highways, a release from Telangana CMO said.

Stressing that the land acquisition should be taken up from a humane perspective, the Chief Minister instructed the district Collectors to explain the benefits of road development to the farmers during land acquisition and resolve arbitration cases quickly, the release said.

The CM held a high-level review of the construction of national highways, permissions and approval of new proposals with the officials of the National Highwa...