Food street near Hyderabad’s Durgam Cheruvu falls silent at 10 p.m.; traffic and safety concerns prompt restrictions on vendors’ business hours

At astir 10 p.m. connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026), an antithetic calm settled implicit the different engaged ITC Kohenur agelong successful Madhapur, a lane intimately associated with Hyderabad’s late-night nutrient culture. Stalls that would typically conscionable beryllium entering their highest hours were alternatively packing up, and traffic, erstwhile slowed by crowds and haphazard parking, moved steadily.

Until astir a week ago, the one-kilometre agelong would stay progressive good past midnight. Office-goers, students and families gathered astir carts serving dosas, rolls and speedy snacks. Cars pulled up on the median and wherever abstraction was available, portion bikes lined the roadworthy edges. Passing done the country astatine nighttime often meant a little but unavoidable delay.