Traffic relief for Hyderabad People

Hyderabad, May 05: In order to curb the Traffic issues in Hyderabad, The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation stone for the flyovers at Uppal and Amberpet here on Saturday.

Coming to the first, the 1.6-km flyover at Amberpet will be taken up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in association with the Roads and Buildings Department. The project to be constructed at a cost of Rs 467.55 crore will have Central government share of Rs 226.88 crore while the rest will be borne by the Telangana government.

However, the Uppal flyover will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,395 crore and in which the Central government will provide Rs 626.76 crore while the remaining share (Rs 768.26 crore), is from the State government.

The two projects had been cleared by the Central government earlier after several requests was made by the state government.