hyderabad admitting that much needs to be done to improve the condition of the roads in hyderabad municipal administration minister k t rama rao said the trs government in its second stint would focus on improving urban and rural infrastructure including overhauling of the citys roads storm water drains and sewerage systemover the next three years the government will spend rs 50000 crore for improving urban infrastructure in hyderabad and funds will be earmarked in the budget over and above which nonbudgetary allocations can be made ktr said in an interview to toi on fridayktr said the government had focused on long term solutions on issues like giving uninterrupted power for farmers the domestic power sector industries irrigation projects drinking water for people under mission bhagiratha restoration of tanks under mission kakatiya housing schemes and welfare schemes now we will focus on both urban and rural infrastructure projects be it roads flyovers and sewer lines repairing the citys sewerage and drainage system would require at least rs 20000 crore he saidktr said roads are in a bad shape because government agencies have dug up about 3000 km of the total 9000 km city roads for laying water pipelines for mission bhagiratha however while the digging work was prompt the restoration has not been if there is 2 cm of rain in an hour the major roads gets flooded and the present sewerage system cannot take the entire water water and bitumen bt roads are the biggest enemies and such rains end up damaging the roads very quickly the storm water drains are choked as residents dump plastic and other waste into them ktr said as of now solid waste is being addressed at jawahar nagar dumpyard the liquid waste coming from sewerage and misson bhagiratha scheme need to be tackled he saidas part of the urban infrastructure development he said the strategic road development plan srdp would be expedited as it would provide solution to traffic congestion in various parts of the city in the first phase construction of flyovers skyways and junction improvements were taken at a cost of rs 2700 cr and some works like l b nagar were completed the balance would be completed quickly as they would provide permanent solution to traffic congestions in the city to a large extent ktr saidthe minister referred to traffic congestion near hitec city after swedish furniture major ikea opened shop we are hoping that srdp will solve it he said referring to other initiatives ktr said the municipal administration department has initiated projects like developing pet park and rain water harvesting park