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Hyderabad: Horses to beat jams on Wipro road

They alleged that road closure was affecting lakhs of IT employees.

Hyderabad: Annoyed with the traffic jams at the financial district due to the closure of one way road at Wipro-IIIT Junction, commuters on Friday will ride two horses near the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy junction, as driving had become almost impossible.

Commuters alleged that the government was “destroying” one of the best roads the city by carrying out white-topping work during the rainy season and not routing traffic through alternative roads. They alleged that road closure was affecting lakhs of IT employees. The normal travel time of 30 minutes had increased to 2.5 hours.

The commuters have decided to ride horses at 8:30 am on Friday as the traffic on the road had reduced to a crawl. They want to highlight that the traffic jams has cost them heavily in terms of fuel, and were therefore taking to cheaper means of transport.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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