Second longest flyover in Hyderabad to be ready by March 2023
Hyderabad: Adding to the long list of infrastructural achievements that have earned the city a name across the country, Hyderabad will soon get its second longest flyover, stretching over 4.048 kilometres on the Aramghar to Nehru Zoological Park route. Currently, the 11.6km PVNR Expressway is the longest flyover not just in the city, but also […]
Hyderabad: Adding to the long list of infrastructural achievements that have earned the city a name across the country, Hyderabad will soon get its second longest flyover, stretching over 4.048 kilometres on the Aramghar to Nehru Zoological Park route. Currently, the 11.6km PVNR Expressway is the longest flyover not just in the city, but also in the country.
The upcoming bi-directional six-lane flyover, which is being built under the State government’s ambitious Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) at an estimated cost of Rs 636.80 crore, is expected to be thrown open to the public by March 2023.
On Wednesday, inspecting the progress of the flyover works, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar instructed officials to complete the construction before March next year.
“The flyover will be very useful to scores of commuters in the Old City and also to people visiting the Zoo Park,” said Somesh Kumar, who was accompanied by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar and other officials.
Once the facility is made available to people, traffic congestion at five major junctions is expected to be eased, GHMC officials said.
“Darul Uloom, Shivrampally, Shastripuram, Hassan Nagar and Kalapathar -Tadbund are the five junctions where traffic conditions will improve in a major way. In addition to these places, traffic congestion will also ease at smaller junctions on the Aramghar to Nehru Zoological Park stretch,” said Dattu Panth, GHMC superintending engineer, Projects Wing (Charminar Zone).
According to GHMC officials, the flyover will stand on 127 foundations and excavation at 23 places has been completed. This mammoth task of building the flyover spread over 4 km also requires the acquisition of 163 properties, out of which 26 properties have already been acquired.
In addition to this, electricity lines located at Aramgarh and Nehru Zoological Park need to be shifted and works have already begun. The shifting of utilities is being taken up in coordination with different departments, including of drinking water pipelines and sewerage pipelines. Meanwhile, 361 trees should also be relocated and the translocation of 20 trees has already been completed.
At the same time, to ease the traffic in Old City, another six-lane bidirectional flyover at Bahadurpura junction will be made available to people by March this year. This flyover also is being built by the GHMC under SRDP at an estimated cost of Rs 69 crore. The 690 metre-flyover will ease the traffic on the Bahadurpura Road.
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Another mega project
• Project cost: Rs 636.80 crore
• Agency: BSCPL Infrastructure Limited
• Length of the flyover: 4.048 Km
• Probable date of completion: March 2023
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