Muffakham Jah College FoB may make way for steel flyover

A foot-over bridge near Muffakham Jah College in Banjara Hills is likely to be dismantled for a proposed Rs 1,090-crore steel flyover. Students and commuters have raised safety concerns, while GHMC sources say removal may follow construction of pillars and beams.

Hyderabad: The key foot-over bridge near Muffakham Jah College along the bustling Road No 3, Banjara Hills, is likely to be dismantled to make way for the upcoming Rs 1,090-crore six-lane bidirectional steel flyover.

GHMC Engineering officials indicate that the height and alignment requirements of the six-lane continuous structure leave no option but to eliminate the FoB/pedestrian bridge.

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This could be the second FoB on the Banjara Hills stretch after the one near KBR Park entrance, opposite LV Prasad Eye Institute, which is likely to be dismantled to make way for the steel flyover.

Both the FoBs were built by the then BRS government. The one near LV Prasad Eye Institute serves patients and daily commuters, while the other near Muffakham Jah College is intended for students and daily commuters.

The agency constructing the steel flyover was deployed to begin soil testing at the centre median just 100 metres away from the FoB at Muffakham Jah College and is also earmarked to build the pillar for the steel flyover. GHMC sources said the FoB would be dismantled after the pillars were constructed and cement beams placed, but not immediately.

Telangana government redesigned the six-lane, bidirectional steel flyover extending from Jubilee Hills Check Post to Muffakham Jah College, with a connecting ramp to Banjara Hills Road No 1, making the dismantling of the FOB near Muffakham Jah inevitable, said the sources.

Students, commuters raised safety concerns

The previous BRS government built the bridge in February 2018 after college students staged protests and lobbied the state government and GHMC continuously for two years.

The dedicated bridge transformed the daily commute for thousands of students and working professionals. It has served college students and other commuters navigating the heavily congested stretch for the past eight years.

Students and commuters have raised pedestrian safety concerns as dismantling of the foot-over bridge near Muffakham Jah College becomes imminent.