Telangana plans Rs 3,000-crore phase-2 city infra works without borrowing funds
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: Following the instructions of K.T. Rama Rao, municipal administration and urban development minster, the GHMC is preparing to embark on the second phase of the Strategic Road Development Programme, which is expected to cost Rs 3,115 crore. Among the 12 projects in SRDP-II are the Uppal flyover, a first-level flyover in Khairatabad, a second-level flyover in Jubilee Hills, a multi-level underpass in Rethibowli and Nanalnagar, a bridge across the Foxsagar pipeline in Quthbullapur, a tunnel in Khajaguda, and four works on the Chandrayangutta flyover in Bandlaguda. The project, aimed at reducing traffic congestion in the city, also includes a flyover near the Omar Hotel junction, a road overbridge from Falaknuma to Budvel, a road underbridge from Manikeshwarnagar in the Secunderabad constituency, a RuB in Chilkalguda, and two RuBs in Aramghar. A senior GHMC official told Deccan Chronicle that the MA&UD minister during a recent review meeting had assured the corporation of the state government's assistance to the project and said that the corporation would not need to seek any loan, unlike for Phase I.