HUDA proposes three new flyovers

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, APRIL 27. The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) proposes to construct three new flyovers as part of its grandiose plan of connecting Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar and Nalgonda Crossroads.

These new flyovers, which are likely to reduce the driving time considerably, would be of maximum three km. length with a carriage way of 60 mts. The funds for the project would be raised by selling off 500 acres of land the HUDA had acquired from the Government at Jawaharnagar.

Mrs. Lakshmi Parthasarathy, Vice-Chairperson, HUDA, told a press conference here on Friday that the National Academy of Construction (NAC) had been asked to prepare a feasibility report within two months and a final decision would be taken after deliberations with various departments based on the recommendations of the NAC.

The proposed flyovers would come up between Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar and Panjaguta, Nampally and Mozamjahi Market and Chaderghat Crossroads and Malakpet Crossroads. She, however, declined to give the cost of the project stating that the proposal was yet to take a final shape.

She said there were lot of requests from the people for construction of road bridges across the Musi to reduce the burden on the main junctions. One of them includes near the Race Course at Malakpet. Though these requests sound good, they can't be taken up right now in view of the poor financial status of the HUDA, she pointed out.

The urban lake treatment, she said has been brought under the Green Hyderabad Project, funded by the Netherlands Government. An amount of Rs. 14 crores from the total outlay of Rs. 159.70 crores had already been sanctioned. The HUDA is taking up treatment of 15 lakes under the project and the work has already begun.

These lakes include the big ones at Safilguda, Saroornagar, Langer House, while the others are Pantulu Cheruvu, Kotha Cheruvu, Mukkidi Cheruvu, Chinna Cheruvu, Pedda Cheruvu, Maddela Cheruvu, Bathula Cheruvu, Khajaguda Cheruvu, Chinnapedda Cheruvu, Maisamma Cheruvu and Keesara Cheruvu.

Mrs. Parthasarathy said an appraisal team of the Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE), consisting of experts in various managements, would visit the city in the first week of May to study the usage of its funds. The team would recommend for release of the remaining grant if they were satisfied. However, she was confident that there won't be any negative report given the past performance of the HUDA.

A project for developing 85 lakes in and around the city was also being prepared by the HUDA, she said adding that she was also contemplating approaching countries like Norway and others, which are sympathetic to environmental problems, for additional funding.

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