Hyderabad: KTR inaugurates 2nd-largest flyover

MA&UD minister KTR inaugurated the city's 2nd largest flyover that connects Shaikpet with Raidurgam. He said 24 programs have come up under SRDP, and around Rs 6000 crores have been spent on them.

On December 28, a 1.36-km-long flyover connecting LB Nagar and Aramghar was inaugurated at the Owaisi-Midhani junction. The 3-lane unidirectional flyover was built with an estimated budget of Rs 80 crore under the SRDP and named after former President APJ Abdul Kalam.

Taking to Twitter, Minister KTR wrote, "Starting the new year, by bridging the old with the new. Extremely happy to inaugurate the 6 lanes, 2.71 km long shaikpet flyover connecting Tolichowki to Raidurg built at the cost of ₹333Cr. Another milestone in our effort to ease traffic in #Hyderabad through GHMC's #SRDP program (sic)."

Development Arvind Kumar had said that vertical gardens had been developed on the pillars of these flyovers. "With 79 vertical gardens (on flyover pillars) including ongoing ones on Shaikpet & Owaisi flyover & Bio-diversity junction, #Hyderabad now has the largest number of these V gardens when compared with any City in India. We will make it 100+ this coming year (sic)," he tweeted.

An additional Rs 1000 crore was spent on creating infrastructure and beautifying ORR. He likened the city's planning and infrastructure to Istanbul.