Hyderabad, Feb. 5 -- Telangana roads and buildings (R&B) minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, on Wednesday, February 5, instructed to speed up works on the roads that are identified to be made using a hybrid annuity model (HAM) with private-public participation.

The minister's directions came in a high-level meeting at the Telangana Secretariat with roads and buildings department officials.

The HAM roads model was introduced by the Union government in 2016, as a mix of build, operate and transfer and engineering procurement and construction of roads by private players. Through this model, the private developers would be also responsible for the maintenance of the roads for 15 years.

Through the HAM roads, the state government is aiming t...