Hyderabad, Sept. 22 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has ordered the officials to expedite the land acquisition and complete the payment of compensation for the construction of national highways by October, 2025.

The chief minister held a high-level review of the construction of national highways, permissions, and approval of new proposals with the officials of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Highways Department (NH), Ministry of National Highways and Road Transport (MoRT), Roads and Buildings Department, and Forest Department at Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat on Monday, September 22.

Stressing the need for land acquisition to be taken up from a humane perspective, the chief minister instruct...