Indian Real Estate

Hyderabad, Sept. 10: The two prestigious flyovers starting from Panjagutta and Greelands Junctions which has already been delayed, would be opened for public in March. According to informed sources the completion of the two flyovers that are aimed at easing traffic on one of the busiest arteries of the city was delayed owing to the tackling of large chunks of rock sheets and the shifting of pipeline, cables.

When contacted Mr N. V. S. Reddy, additional commissioner of MCH for traffic and transport, conceded that there were difficulties since they had to handle “a few unexpected problems.” Huge drainage pipes and criss-crossing cables which were laid for various purposes were discovered at the foundation level. As there was a ban on blasting the rocks as they were located beneath multi-storied buildings, the only option left to remove those pipes was to have the rocks chisled. But that meant a huge delay in the construction process. So the engineers resorted to embedding these in the structure itself.

Mr Reddy said another problem with the Panjagutta Flyover is getting the desired shape of piers. It is hard to get the right curves when the radius of pier is 75 metres. “It is perhaps the steepest curve the engineers have ever worked on,” he added. The Rajiv Gandhi Statue-Panjagutta Junctions bridge which is 1235 metres long would lead up to Nagarjuna Circle from where one of its arm will connect it with Banjara Hills road number two and the other one would land to JVR Park. The Greenlands Junction Bridge which is 1,150-metres-long will merge with the existing overbridge and land near the gate of HPS. The total cost of the two bridges is estimated as Rs 53.5 crore.