Telangana: State Plans Flyover from ICCC to Shilpa to Ease Traffic Snarls

Hyderabad: The state government is planning to build a 9-km elevated corridor from the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Banjara Hills to the Shilpa Layout Flyover Road.

This project is expected to ease traffic bottlenecks at multiple places. Road number 45 Jubilee Hills, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills Checkpost are some of the bottlenecks where commuters will breathe a sigh of relief. This elevated corridor will also ease traffic on the road heading towards Meenakshi Towers and Hitec City too. In addition to this, this corridor will ease traffic coming towards Nanakramguda and other offices in the Financial District from the city via Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills.

Similarly, in addition to the IT employees and staff working in companies in the Financial District, this project will also benefit the residents living in dozens of housing societies in the Financial district. This elevated corridor will be used to enter and exit the core city through the Outer Ring Road area via Banjara Hills.

This project will be taken up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). “We are also engaging consultant for the preparation of detailed project report (DPR) for construction of Elevated Corridor from ICCC to Shilpa Layout flyover Road,” said an HMDA official.

In recent times, this is the third elevated corridor that the HMDA has proposed with two other projects being, Paradise Junction to Shamirpet ORR, and Paradise Junction to Dairy Farm Road on NH-44.

“We want to design the flyover in such a way that, if Metro Rail comes up connecting Banjara Hills and Shilpa Layout Flyover Road , the same pier system of the elevated corridor should be used,” said an HMDA official.

“With ‘same pier system’ being one of the aspects, a study will be done to check the number of properties that need to be acquired, environmental impact, traffic assessments and other aspects,” he added.