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May 14th, 2007
Secunderabad has got the tag of a being the ‘other’ city. While the state government and civic authorities have gone about sprucing up posh areas and IT parks, it forgot about Secunderabad, once a flourishing British cantonment.
Secunderabad has been primarily a residential part of the twin cities, with unique laid-back bungalows helped along by an
expansive green cover. But the rapid urbanisation has played havoc here with bungalows giving way to multistoried apartments and shopping complexes sprouting just about anywhere. This man-made disaster is due to the combined neglect of the municipal authorities, Cantonment Board and traffic police.
Traffic bottlenecks in Secunderabad are mainly at three points: CTO junction, Patny and YMCA. The two flyovers at CTO and Parade Grounds are of little help as they merely serve as cross-over points instead of distributing traffic into the feeder roads.
The flow of traffic interestingly is different in the mornings and evenings, as office-goers move at a snail’s pace in the mornings from Rasoolpura to Greenlands, Punjagutta and on to the new boom town, Madhapur. In the evening, the flow is in the reverse direction. And herein lies the root of the problem as traffic personnel seem to be unaware of this uni-directional flow. The traffic signals should be timed and synchronised according to this flow of traffic.
Another factor leading to the jams is the blocking of certain key roads by the army, ostensibly for security reasons. The Mornington Road connecting RTA office, Trimulgherry to Military Hospital could be used as an alternate route for motorists going to RK Puram, and Sainikpuri reducing the load. Presently, only army officials and civilians working in the army establishments are allowed to use the road.
Again, trying to understand traffic signals at Jubilee bus station requires high-end education as signals seem to work at cross purposes. Signals turn red, amber and green with no logic and road users are left a confused lot.
Further up, the road which connects Secunderabad Club to Safilguda, Malkjagiri and Neredmet, is a complete mess and traffic here moves at a snail’s pace. In this section, the stretch of the road from Secunderabad Club to Ghanshyam supermarket can test the bone density of even the toughest men and women.
The increasing number of fast food restaurants and factory outlets from Vikrampuri to Karkhana and on to Trimulgherry is also said to be a reason for traffic blocks. These outlets have used their cellars meant for parking for shops and customers are left to park their vehicles along the road.
An important stop like Karkhana has no bus bay and commuters take shelter in the Satyam office nearby. In fact the road at Lothkunta leading to the Presidential abode of Rashtrapathi Nilayam has no bus bays, and RTC buses bunch up in the middle of the road leading to massive jams from Lal Bazar to Alwal. The absence of traffic policemen at major traffic intersections is one of the main reasons for traffic chaos in the evenings.
Source: TOI(Hyderabad epaper)
May 14th, 2007
Hyderabad: In connection with the re-dedication day and culmination of prajapatham programme at L B Stadium, traffic diversions and restrictions have been imposed in the city from 8 am to 6 pm on Monday. Traffic will not be allowed towards BJR statue from AR Petrol pump junction and will be diverted towards Nampally or Ravindra Bharathi.
Traffic from Abids and Gunfoundry side will not be allowed towards BJR statue and Basheerbagh junction. It will be diverted at Gunfoundry towards Chappel Road. Traffic from Basheerbagh junction to GPO, Abids, will be diverted at Basheerbagh junction towards Hyderguda and King Koti Road.
Traffic from Old MLA quarters towards Basheerbagh will be diverted towards Himayatnagar junction.
Traffic coming from Rajmohalla Road towards Old MLA Quarters will be diverted at Cemetery junction towards King Koti or Narayanguda. Traffic from Basheerbagh to traffic control room will be diverted at Basheerbagh junction towards Liberty.
Traffic from traffic control room towards Basheerbagh junction will be diverted towards Nampally Road. Following are the parking arrangements made by the traffic police: Vehicles coming from Mahbubnagar and Srisailam Road should be parked at Exhibition grounds. Vehicles from Nalgonda and Warangal must be parked at NTR stadium near Indira Park. Vehicles coming before 6 am from Nalgonda and Warangal districts will be allowed to park at Nizam college grounds.
Source: TOI(Hyderabad epaper)
February 24th, 2007
HYDERABAD: A local court on Friday convicted an autorickshaw driver on the charge of drunken driving and sentenced him to undergo two months simple imprisonment.
Twenty-four-year-old Ch. Srinivas, a resident of Premnagar in Erragadda, was driving a seven-seater autorickshaw along with some passengers when the traffic police intercepted him in front of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University at Kukatpally on Thursday and checked him with a breath analyser. In the test, it was found that Srinivas had consumed 180 mg liquor while driving. A case under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act was booked against the driver, according to Kukatpally traffic police station Inspector A. Nageswara Reddy.
Srinivas was produced at the Ninth Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Miyapur where the magistrate sentenced him to undergo two months imprisonment. The driver was later sent to Cherlapally jail.
Source: The Hindu
February 24th, 2007
Hyderabad: Commuters plying on the Tadbun-New Bowenpally stretch can heave a sigh of relief as work on the much-awaited four-lane Chinna Thokatta bridge has commenced.
The authorities demolished some properties adjacent to the narrow bridge on Friday. The four-lane bridge has been a long-pending demand of both public and traffic police. After travelling at a fairly good speed from Bowenpally and Tadbun, vehicles come to a grinding halt near the culvert as it is too narrow. “Commuting on this bridge is risky. With narrow road space, vehicles at times run into one another,” says K. Ravi of a bakery shop on the stretch.
The new bridge will come up with an approach road of 30 metres on either side. A road median of 1.7 m wide with 10 m road space on either side of it will enable free flow of traffic. “The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is taking up the construction work and it is expected to be completed within six months,” Cantonment Executive Officer V. Prem Chand said.
Hardships all the way
Meanwhile, the temporary bridge that was constructed to ease traffic flow on the stretch is causing untold misery to residents of nearby colonies.
Residents of Anandnagar and Amarjyothi colonies are now made to travel 3 km to go either towards Secunderabad or Balanagar.
No sooner has the demolition of the bridge begun, the traffic police have blocked entry to the colonies, leaving residents fuming.
“There is a hospital in Bhavana Enclave, which is just 200 metres away from the main road. But, we are forced to take a detour to reach the hospital. What will happen to critical patients who need to be rushed to the hospital?” questioned K. Savitri, a housewife.
Source: The Hindu
February 16th, 2007
Hyderabad: The MIM has expressed serious concern over the mounting traffic woes in the state capital and blamed the police for ignoring the regulation duties.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Assembly on Thursday, MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi pointed out that the traffic police had been ignoring the regulatory work as they were busy imposing fines on helmetless drivers.
“In every nook and corner of the city you find the police busy issuing challans and not regulating the traffic,” he said and pointed out that a whopping Rs 15 crore was collected in 2006 as compounding fee. He wanted to know how much of this amount was spent on improving the traffic junctions, signal lights and others.
Stating that Hyderabad has the largest vehicle density in the country — 2337 vehicles per kilometre — Akbaruddin lamented that the road availability, however, was only six per cent.
The total number of vehicles in the twin cities had crossed 22 lakh with autos numbering over 1.5 lakh, twowheelers 16.8 lakh and cars 1.67 lakh, the MIM leader said and pointed out that the police were grossly understaffed to control the traffic.
“There are about 150 vacancies but no steps are being taken to fill them up,” he said.
Reacting to this, home minister K Jana Reddy said a joint meeting would soon be arranged with three ministers — municipal administration, home and transport — to look into the traffic problems and find a solution.
Source: TOI(Hyderabad-epaper)
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