 His persistent intervention in Parliament also resulted in the construction of a high level bridge which crosses the Godavari river near Etunagaram village to cross the border into Bhopalapatnam in Chhattisgarh.The kalyanamandapam of the iconic thousand pillar temple of Hanamkonda was dilapidated and its restoration work was pending for many years.After becoming an MP Kumar raised the issue in 2007 with the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Centre as well as the Archaeological Survey of India.