Hyderabad officials have scrapped earlier proposals for separate underpasses and grade separators around KBR Park and finalised a 4.3-km elevated corridor instead, while retaining the existing one-way traffic system during the transition. The revised project is estimated to cost Rs 1,090 crore and will connect Jubilee Hills Check Post Junction with NFCL Junction.
The decision was conveyed to BC Welfare Minister and Hyderabad district in-charge Ponnam Prabhakar during his inspection of works around KBR Park on Friday. It follows criticism of the earlier proposals over alleged planning deficiencies, the potential burden on the public exchequer and the disruption expected for commuters.
Officials said the integrated corridor would replace separate interventions involving multiple underpasses and grade separators. They said the revised design would reduce the requirement for high-value private land acquisition and limit extensive construction-related changes at ground level. The plan is expected to save an estimated Rs 800 crore in land acquisition costs and around Rs 400 crore in construction costs compared with the earlier proposal, according to the report.
The Hyderabad civic administration has finalised the corridor for the congested stretch from NFCL Junction to the KBR Park entrance. The six-lane elevated road is planned to provide signal-free movement across five major junctions and accommodate higher volumes of vehicular traffic. The existing one-way arrangement around the park will continue as the long-term project is taken forward.
Construction will be undertaken in two packages through the Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode. The first package, estimated at Rs 580 crore, covers a steel flyover from Jubilee Hills Check Post Junction to Mudha Junction. The second package, estimated at Rs 510 crore, includes a steel flyover from Mudha Junction to Mufakkam Jah College and a dedicated ramp linking the corridor with Banjara Hills Road No. 1.
Officials said modern modular steel construction technology would be used to accelerate construction and reduce inconvenience to commuters. The use of steel components is intended to limit the extent of ground-level work compared with the earlier plan, although the supplied report does not provide a construction start date or completion deadline.
The revised proposal shifts Hyderabad’s approach from a series of separate junction-level structures to one continuous elevated link across the KBR Park corridor. Its immediate operational effect will be the continuation of one-way traffic around the park, while the two packages and their detailed implementation schedule are taken forward by the authorities.
