Cyberabad and Malkajgiri municipal corporations have joined hands with traffic police to tackle peak-hour congestion. The civic bodies are studying traffic movement, identifying locations for free-left turns and U-turn changes, removing encroachments and planning signal upgrades at key junctions.
The Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation plans to implement ‘free left’ lanes at six stretches to ease traffic congestion. Commissioner Vinay Krishna Reddy inspected key junctions and directed officials to assess traffic movement, remove obstructions and relocate utility poles where necessary.
Heavy rains in Hyderabad, coupled with ongoing civic works, triggered severe traffic congestion across GHMC, CMC, and MMC limits. Key IT corridor junctions such as Madhapur, Hitec City, Cyber Towers, and Biodiversity Junction faced gridlocks, while major stretches in Secunderabad and central Hyderabad also reported jams.
Heavy rains on Tuesday evening left Hyderabad’s IT corridor and key junctions waterlogged, causing traffic snarls lasting up to three hours. Though Wednesday saw only drizzles, congestion persisted across major routes including HITEC City, Gachibowli, Madhapur, and Begumpet, with commuters fearing a repeat of Tuesday’s chaos.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao blamed Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for widespread disruption caused by heavy rain in Hyderabad, alleging poor preparedness, inadequate civic management, failure to undertake pre-monsoon measures and neglect of key urban infrastructure initiatives
