Sikh village-Paradise Circle road rebuilt, relief for motorists

Motorists in Secunderabad have relief as the Sikh Village-Paradise Circle road stretch is rebuilt after six months of congestion caused by elevated corridor construction. Road widening and pillar construction now allow smoother traffic, reducing travel time significantly.

Hyderabad: In some reprieve for motorists after months of hardships, a key road leading from Sikh Village towards Paradise Circle in Secunderabad Cantonment has been rebuilt.

Regular road users have been suffering a bumpy ride on this narrow stretch for the past six months due to deep earth excavation works for the elevated corridor from Paradise Circle to Dairy Farm (Suchitra traffic junction). The works have thrown the vehicular movement on this stretch into disarray.

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Now that the road stretch rebuilt, there is some reprieve for the motorists here. They said the rebuilt road work has improved travel on the stretch and eased routine movement along the route.

Ahead of earth excavation works for the elevated corridor in Secunderabad Cantonment, the Traffic police diverted vehicular movement from Bowenpally and Tadbund X road towards Paradise Circle on two routes, Sikh Village to Paradise Circle and Sikh Village to JBS. The diversion was taken up at the behest of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), which is the intending agency, for the elevated corridor.

Utility lines, including water and sewerage lines, were shifted, and earth excavation work for pillars was taken up, with the excavated earth dumped at the site, which led to the road becoming narrow and congested.

Traffic coming from Bowenpally and proceeding towards Paradise Circle went haywire and faced significant traffic jams, resulting in a one-kilometre stretch taking half an hour to 45 minutes during peak hours.

Pillars were constructed and the road space widened. The traffic moved smoothly and commuters reached Paradise Circle within five to 10 minutes after the same stretch was rebuilt with B T, said a senior HMDA official.