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Relocation of electric poles, road widening and deployment of additional manpower across high-congestion points were among the steps being implemented to ease traffic bottlenecks in Cyberabad Commissionerate. Cyberabad Commissioner Avinash Mohanty, along with Joint Commissioner D. Joel Davis, officials from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Telangana State Power Distribution Company Limited and Town Planning officials conducted inspection of congestion-prone areas on …

Speed and urgency taking lives of delivery boys on Hyderabad roads

Delivery boys, mostly those delivering food parcels, are falling prey to road accidents in the State capital! Analysing reasons behind the delivery boys’ deaths and injuries in road accidents, Rachakonda Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu said on Friday that ‘distraction and losing concentration in the hurry to deliver parcels’ could be one of the main factors. “The attraction of incentives …

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In the lead-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Hyderabad witnessed a series of traffic diversions due to various political events. Whether it’s high-profile visits by national leaders or local corner meetings, authorities have actively managed traffic flow to ensure order and security while accommodating the democratic process. On April 25, in preparation for a corner meeting and roadshow by the …

A village divided by a three-foot road

The village of Janwada in Telangana’s Rangareddy district, located 30 kilometres from Hyderabad, looks like a human heart on Google Maps, with its roads and bylanes resembling arteries and veins. After clashes between two groups of the village on late February 13, allegedly over the issue of road widening, the Cyberabad Police enforced CrPC Section 144 in Janwada from February …

Cyberabad Police Focus on IRAD To Prevent Road Accidents and Saving Lives by 50%

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad traffic police are turning to a smartphone app to analyse traffic data and expect to reduce the number of accidents by half, by using real-time data to sort out matters. The app, iRAD, developed by the IIT-Madras and the National Informatics Centre under the Union road transport ministry, collects, manages and analyse data on road accidents. Srinivas …

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police arrested four persons and seized Rs 1 crore unaccounted cash that the accused were carrying in a vehicle on the Kokapet-Narsingi road during a routine check on Saturday. The absconding accused were identified as Kandikotu Deval Raju, V. Harshavarardhan Reddy, managing director of Mayuri Broiler Breeding Farms, Sunil Reddy, Komatireddy Sumanth Reddy and Komatireddy Surya Pavan …

Mixing driving and alcohol is a strict no even when you think you aren’t drunk enough or you can manage it. The misadventure of drunk driving not only puts your life at risk but is also a threat to other people on the road and this latest video posted by Cyberabad Police is just a reminder of this fact. The …

One person was killed near Cyberabad's Inorbit Mall in Hyderabad on June 27 after a speeding Audi car hit an auto-rickshaw on its route. The video of the car hitting the auto-rickshaw on the rain-drenched road was released by Cyberabad Traffic Police on Tuesday. The video of the car hitting the auto-rickshaw on the rain-drenched road was released by Cyberabad …

HYDERABAD: Those caught not wearing helmets on highways will not be challaned but counselled by Cyberabad traffic police. For the purpose, seven road safety checkposts will be established on national highways,” Cyberabad Traffic DCP S. Vijay Kumar told Deccan Chronicle. The Cyberabad police commissionerate has five national highways passing through it with a length of 172.5 kilometres, two state highways …

To curb the menace of bikers riding vehicles without helmets, the Cyberabad police has come up with a new policy on helmets. Data on road accidents in 2020 revealed accidents to be very frequent on road stretches on Rajeev Rahadari, National Highway 44 and National Highway 65 where two-wheelers are driven recklessly without helmets and thus often fell prey to …