Flyover to cut down travel time by 30 minutes
A new 3.23-kilometer elevated corridor in Hyderabad was inaugurated to reduce travel time between Malakpet and the Inner Ring Road by 30 minutes. The ₹620 crore project aims to alleviate traffic congestion and reduce air pollution in the city.
Why it matters
Infrastructure development is a key driver for urban mobility and economic productivity in rapidly growing metropolitan areas.
The elevated corridor, inaugurated by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday, is set to drastically bring down the travel time between Malakpet and the Inner Ring Road by circumventing several traffic choke points enroute.
Despite administrative sanction way back in 2018 as part of the Strategic Road Development Plan envisaging signal free travel within the city, the 3.23 kilometre grade separator took abnormally longer for completion due to various reasons such as the COVID-19 pandemic, change of regime in the State and funding problems. This is despite the use of steel components for faster completion, akin to another long flyover from Indira Park to VST Junction.
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