Traffic on the busy Greenlands to Begumpet Airport stretch will soon become more free flowing after the authorities on Thursday revealed that three properties which were blamed for the bottleneck would be soon acquired and the road widened.
The Nala on the stretch would also be covered with a slab so that the bottleneck, which has been blamed for the traffic jams on the stretch can be removed.
This is part of the efforts of ongoing Chief Minister’s 100-days action plan for city development. The authorities claimed that 40 per cent of the target set by the Chief Minister’s 100-day action plan for city development has been achieved in the 40 days since the plan has been put into motion.
Speaking media persons, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Additional Commissioner (Planning and Development) K Dhananjay Reddy stated that the Coordination Committee appointed to oversee the works on hand as part of the Action plan was on target.
Speaking after a tour of three places in Secunderabad to inspect ongoing works, Mr Dhananjay Reddy said that the Oliphant Brigde will be made ‘one-way’ for traffic within the next three to four days to enable pending works like shifting of power and telephone cables, water and sewerage lines be carried out unhindered.
The GHMC Additional Commissioner, who is also coordinator of the Coordination Committee, that the APSRTC has been instructed not to halt buses near the Oliphant Bridge for longer than five minutes.
He said that this was taken after it was noticed that the traffic flow was being affected due to the buses parked there for a long time. Similarly, the flow of traffic also came up for discussion at the Patny Crossroads.
It was noticed that the road narrowed down there, and the visiting officials decided that the property in a shopping mall would be acquired to widen the road. Mr Dhananjay Reddy revealed that the owner of the property has agreed for the acquisition.
Mr Dhananjay Reddy also revealed that the state government will release a GO within a payment, authorising the release of Rs 9.15 crore so that works on the Road Over Bridge to be built parallel to the existing Lakdi-ka-pul could begin.