Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has approved Rs 1292.65 crore under Bharatmala Pariyojana for the development of 32.00 Km long 6-lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway from Chandrasekharapuram to Polavaram on (NH-544G) Bengaluru–Vijayawada Economic Corridor in Hybrid annuity mode in Andhra Pradesh. The minister informed that the Bengaluru – Kadapa – Vijayawada Economic Corridor starts from Bengaluru STRR which utilises the existing Bengaluru – Hyderabad (NH-44) till the Kodikonda check post on NH 44. The proposed Greenfield Economic Corridor traverses from Kodikonda checkpost (Kodur village) on NH-44 (Bangalore – Hyderabad Road) to Muppavaram village near Addanki on NH-16. The project is stated to be 32 km long and likely to be developed in 14 packages.