Five flyover, underpass works along 15-km stretch leave over 5 lakh commuters battling traffic on Mumbai Highway

With building work on for 4 flyovers and an underpass on a 15-kilometre stretch of the Mumbai Highway (NH-65), greater than 5 lakh commuters travelling via one among Telangana’s busiest industrial corridors are contending with day by day bottlenecks, diversions and shrinking highway house.

The traffic is affected on the hall from ICRISAT, close to BHEL Township to Ganesh Gadda, the place flyovers are being constructed at Isnapur X roads, Lakdaram junction, Rudraram and Ismailkhanpet, along with an underpass at Novopan junction.

At Novopan junction, building of retaining partitions for the car underpass has gathered tempo and the carriageways on both facet have been closed and traffic diverted onto non permanent two-lane service roads measuring solely about eight to 10 metres in width.

Traffic diversions in place between Patancheru and Sangareddy the place building exercise is beneath manner.
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Automobiles travelling from the ORR and Sangareddy in the direction of Patancheru are being routed via the left-side service highway from Pocharam Kaman as much as Patancheru Vegetable Market Street earlier than rejoining NH-65. Traffic in the wrong way is being diverted from Incor Lake Metropolis Residences as much as Ramky Infra Tower earlier than merging again onto the freeway.

The stretch in Patancheru, now beneath Cyberabad police commissionerate, serves as a essential artery linking Hyderabad with Sangareddy and additional in the direction of Maharashtra and Karnataka, whereas additionally supporting day by day motion to a few of State’s largest industrial clusters. Traffic police estimate that over 5 lakh commuters use the hall daily. This consists of round 2 lakh staff within the pharmaceutical and manufacturing models situated in IDA Patancheru and IDA Pashamylaram.

College and school buses and heavy items automobiles transporting uncooked supplies and completed merchandise type one other main share of traffic of traffic on the highway. Multiple lakh migrant staff residing in localities reminiscent of Isnapur and Chitkul and employed in brick kilns, building websites and smaller industrial institutions additionally use the hall. The ensuing combine of commercial traffic, worker transport, instructional establishment buses and freight motion leaves little room for traffic absorption when lanes are lowered for building exercise.

Patancheru Traffic Inspector Ashok stated the simultaneous execution of a number of initiatives have created traffic administration challenges. “We’ve got much less workers and extra works taking place right here. About 20 personnel are managing this stretch, with round 10 members deployed in every shift,” he stated.

In response to him, Novopan and Isnapur stay essentially the most congested areas whereas different stress factors embody the Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple space in Rudraram, which witnesses vital day by day footfall, and Muthangi close to ORR exit 3, the place residential and industrial traffic continues to develop.

Sangareddy District Collector Prateek Jain, SP Paritosh Pankaj, Patancheru traffic officers and Nationwide Highway authorities carried out inspections on the Novopan junction the place building exercise gathered tempo in Might finish.
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Patancheru Inspector G. Vinayak Reddy stated traffic congestion is extreme between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and once more from 5 p.m. to eight p.m. when industrial staff journey to and from work, necessitating the deployment of legislation and order personnel alongside traffic police and marshals.

Officers estimated that commuters expertise delays starting from 15 to half-hour on most days. “I most well-liked driving to work, however with the continued building, I’ve switched to the corporate bus.. After crossing Patancheru, there may be nonetheless the IT traffic to take care of earlier than I attain residence in Chandanagar,” stated R. Priyadarshini, a pharmaceutical worker who commutes day by day to Pashamylaram.

Deputy Govt Engineer Ramakrishna of the Nationwide Highways wing of the Telangana Roads and Buildings (R&B) division stated the goal was to finish the development works by March 2027. “Some land acquisition points stay at sure areas. There are non secular buildings in addition to residential properties at locations reminiscent of Muthangi and Isnapur the place land acquisition remains to be required,” he stated.

He stated land constraints had affected the sequencing of building actions. “The service roads had been to be accomplished first earlier than work started on the principle carriageway. Due to land restrictions, we now have needed to undertake each concurrently in some areas, which has elevated inconvenience for highway customers,” he stated.