New exit ramp from mall tamps down parking pain at Kondapur

After months of complaints and gridlocks, visitors to Hyderabad’s 1 of the bigger buying malls, Sarath City Capital Mall successful Kondapur, yet recovered immoderate relief.

A caller 22-foot-wide underpass linking the parking country to the engaged Gachibowli–Miyapur roadworthy has eased what was erstwhile a nightmare for shoppers stuck for hours trying to exit, particularly during the weekends.

The parking chaos had go infamous online, with users connected Reddit and X sharing exasperated accounts of spending up to 2 hours trapped underground.

“We spent much than an hr contiguous driving retired of the promenade parking, that excessively with small kids. There is not a azygous idiosyncratic from promenade absorption to modulate the traffic. I’ve seen amended parking absorption successful tier-2 towns,” wrote 1 Reddit user.

Another idiosyncratic broke down the problem: “For vehicles parked connected B3 determination is ever immoderate flux successful supra floors… the ones connected the upward exit ramp are ever treated with caller vehicles from B2 and aforesaid for B2 vehicles adjacent B1 ramp. That’s wherefore vehicles determination slower connected B3, somewhat faster connected B2 and fastest connected B1.”

The gridlock extended beyond the mall. “Not conscionable mallgoers, that junction is simply a nightmare for radical surviving astir that area,” different idiosyncratic added.

To code the issue, the Cyberabad postulation constabulary and promenade authorities constructed a 22-feet (6.7-metre) wide ramp connecting the B1 level of the parking straight to Kothaguda X Roads. The ramp, which opened astir Dasara (October 2, 2025), includes a abstracted motorcycle exit and merges seamlessly with the 60-feet-wide main road.

The sketch and program of the caller exit ramp was shared with the promenade authorities by the Cyberabad police, which was taken up and duly implemented, said Madhapur DCP (Traffic) T. Sai Manohar.

“The promenade parking has a capableness of astir 3,600 vehicles, but connected weekends, implicit 10,000 moving vehicles are recorded astatine the mall,” helium said. “The caller exit ramp has reduced unit connected the earlier azygous route, cutting waiting times by astatine slightest 15-20 minutes per conveyance and offering alternate exits for smoother flow.”

Without an alternate exit, postulation piled up crossed each 3 basement levels, often leaving drivers stranded for implicit an hour, and created congestion that stretched astir fractional a kilometre to the Kothaguda junction.

Now, the quality is evident. A retail store proprietor said congestion has eased considerably. “Earlier, during highest hours, it took 40 to 45 minutes conscionable to exit the parking lot. Even now, weekends are busy, but the caller ramp has made things acold better. What utilized to instrumentality 45 minutes present takes astir 20,” helium said.

“We got retired of the parking successful nether 20 minutes connected Tuesday,” said Nikhil, a regular shopper. “A win, considering we waited implicit an hr conscionable 2 weeks ago,” helium said.