Hyderabad: KTR inaugurates HITEC City RUB, Khaitlapur drain works
KTR throws open much-awaited RuB for public; Initiates work on various projects in Hitec City and Kukatpally
Hyderabad: Maintaining its tempo in creating infrastructure on various fronts in the city and on its peripherals as well, the State government on Monday initiated work on various projects in Hitec City and Kukatpally, apart from announcing a massive Rs 3,500 crore drainage and sewerage network project for the suburbs.
Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao, who had a busy day inaugurating recently completed projects and initiating more, first threw open the much-awaited Road-under-Bridge near the Hitec City MMTS station, which is expected to make traveling between Hitec City and Kukatpally a breezy affair. The RuB, also aimed at decongesting the IT Corridor, was completed at a cost of Rs 66.59 crore.
Launching the facility, the Minister said various flyovers and underpasses constructed and opened to traffic under Phase I of the Strategic Road Development Programme in places like Biodiversity Junction, Mind Space Junction, Ayyappa Society, and Rajiv Gandhi junctions, have borne fruits by significantly easing traffic.
Spanning 410 metres in length and 20.6 metres width, the RuB, completed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) as part of SRDP, is expected to resolve a major traffic bottleneck in the corridor with the existing Road-over-Bridge near the Hitec City MMTS station nearing its maximum capacity.
Till date, 18 projects have been completed under SRDP at a cost of Rs 1,110 crore, the Minister said, adding that these included flyovers and underpasses at LB Nagar, Kamineni Junction, Lalapet, Bairamalguda, and Chintalkunta.
Drainage network project
The Minister also announced a major sewerage and drainage network project, which will improve infrastructure in the merged villages of municipalities on the peripherals of Hyderabad. The network is estimated to cost a staggering Rs 3,500 crore. Rao said the government had earlier used Rs 3,000 crore to ensure drinking water supply to areas on the city outskirts that were facing acute water scarcity. “In the same way, we are allotting
Rs 3,500 crore for drainage and sewerage works on the city outskirts. We are also taking measures to avoid floods in colonies and basthis during monsoons,” he said.
Developmental projects in Kukatpally
Rao also laid the foundation stone for various works in the Kukatpally constituency including road works. These include a foundation stone for a Vaccum Dewatered Cement Concrete (VDCC) road at Ambedkar Nagar in KPHB Colony and an approach road in Ward No 115 of Moosapet Circle, which will be developed at a cost of Rs 99 lakh. Pointing out that there was a garbage dumping issue in Khaitlapur, the Minister said the issue would be addressed. “A modern transfer station is already coming up to cater to the needs of the locality,” he said. Rao later inaugurated a Rs 3.5 crore multi-purpose function hall in KPHB.
‘Wear mask to avoid lockdown’
IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday had a word of caution for the citizens on the Covid-19 pandemic. Pointing out that Covid had not gone away yet, and that the number of cases was on the rise, Rao asked citizens to wear masks compulsorily while going out so as to avoid another lockdown in the city. Covid-19 was still very much around and each and every citizen would have to strictly adhere to Covid-19 safety measures for their own good, he said.
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