HYDERABAD: In a move that would benefit residents and hawkers of the Old City in the near future, Telangana government on Wednesday allotted `208.50 crore for the construction of a pedestrian bridge over the Musi connecting Salar Jung Museum to Afzalgunj. This project, which is a part of the Charminar Pedestrian Project (CPP), will also include a multi-level parking lot on the land within the Quli Qutub Shah Development Authority (QQSUDA) complex at Darulshifa.
The move comes after AIMIM supremo Assaduddin Owaisi, earlier, pointed out that parking remained a core problem in the Old City area.
The GHMC also proposed to construct RCC retaining walls on either side of Ibrahimbagh Nala to avoid encroachments. According to the government order, the estimate prepared for the 1.1 km wall is `14.70 and requested GHMC commissioner for its approval. Meanwhile, IT Minister K T Rama Rao besides inaugurating the Kishanbagh park, which was previously a dumping ground, also sanctioned a slew of civic developments in the city on Thursday.
Firstly he laid foundation of BT roads constructed with cost of `78 crore from Shalibanda signla to Moosabowli junction and from City College junction to Puranapool. Secondly, as part of Strategic Road Development Program, KTR laid foundation of a flyover in Bahadurpur at a cost of Rs 69 crore. The 682m, 6-lane flyover will reduce traffic from Puranapool to Zoo park.