Hyderabad: Traffic problems from scraped roads continue

Hyderabad: The surface of the flyovers at the old Begumpet airport and Paradise has been scraped over a week back but has not been re-topped yet.

The crammed Prakash-nagar-Patny circle main carriageway, with the ongoing Metro works, has thus further become congested with motorists avoiding the flyovers due to the incomplete work.

There’s no signboard warning of the on-going work or any traffic police to help. Even the Prakashnagar main road (below the flyover) has been scraped but not re-laid. Commuters have to slow down lest they lose control.

The GHMC contractor scarped the road from Begumpet to Secunderabad and instead of laying it immediately, scraped the opposite side. Traffic jams are reported mainly ahead of Shopper Stop and at the Hotel Manohar bus stop and at the beginning and end of the Paradise flyover.

Ms Poonam Jain of Mettaguda complained: “This road is getting rougher, making driving risky, especially for bikers. Dust and pebbles add to misery. Even if there is less traffic we cannot ride fast.”

The flyover from Secunderabad towards Begumpet, which has been freshly scraped, is the worst. The main road of Prakash Nagar is also a nightmare experience for motorists as flyovers are being closed for vehicular traffic at night resulting in traffic jams.

Mr Mohd Azmeer, a resident of Cantonment said, “The roads below the flyover are narrow and metro pillars have further narrowed down the carriageway. Traffic moves at a snail’s pace at midnight below the flyovers.”

A North Zone Engineering wing official said, “All the flyovers will be laid at one go as we have to maintain a standard level, plus certain machines have to be brought in for laying. Also if the temperature is  40ºC and more, new BT cannot be laid.”