A car was completely gutted after catching fire while travelling on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru National Highway near Shamshabad on Sunday. The driver escaped after noticing smoke and flames, while firefighters later doused the blaze. Traffic movement was temporarily affected
The Congress government has proposed widening the Hyderabad–Bengaluru highway under the High-Speed Corridor initiative, expanding it to six or eight lanes with service roads. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has also urged the Centre to declare the route a defence and aerospace corridor, intensifying the political and economic stakes.
