The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has chosen to push forward its plan to decongest Hyderabad by enhancing the existing urban infrastructure.  

As per the Strategic Road Development Plan, a number of flyover projects are being built in various parts of the city at a cumulative cost of Rs 4,741.97 crore. 

Infrastructure Development Plans 

Presently, flyovers are being constructed at Kondapur, Shaikpet, Balanagar, Bairamalguda and Owaisi Junction. Four of them will open to the public this year itself. 

This December will see the opening of the flyover from Seven Tombs and the Whisper Valley, the LB Nagar flyover, and the Bairamalguda flyover. GHMC and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will prepare a comprehensive Project Report on 12 works in collaboration with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).  

In the last six years, the city has already experienced a significant infrastructural metamorphosis. State records show that the pandemic, which has caused losses across several sectors, was, however, unable to have an impact on the ongoing Hyderabad infrastructure projects. 

A massive Rs 1,010.77 crore was spent in six years to build leaflets and underpasses. The construction works include the nine flyovers, four underground passages, three roads across bridges. Officials of GHMC said work on infrastructure projects is picking up momentum despite lockdown. 

Due to the absence of traffic constraints during lock-down, work was being done 24 hours a day and several projects were completed prior to the deadline. A plan to ensure that GHMC's coffers do not dry up was already tabled while construction was underway.  

The city government floated and also raised a loan of Rs 2,500. GHMC officials issued TDRs to the property owners rather than monetary compensation for the acquired lands for the further reduction in the money spent. With an estimated Rs 25,000 crore, the SRDP was established and work was prioritised in five phases.