Skywalk proposed along Raidurg-T-Hub stretch to improve pedestrian safety in Cyberabad

Civic authorities person projected the operation of a skywalk on the Raidurg-T-Hub agelong successful Cyberabad to amended pedestrian safety, walkability and postulation travel successful 1 of the city’s busiest IT corridors.

Cyberabad Police Commissioner M. Ramesh conducted a tract inspection of the projected alignment on with elder constabulary and postulation officials. The projected skywalk is planned from the Raidurg Metro Station, via the IKEA flyover and the IOCL junction, up to T-Hub.

Officials said the inspection focused connected identifying pedestrian hazard zones and postulation congestion points successful the precocious density corridor, which witnesses dense footfall from Metro commuters, bureau goers and visitors to commercialized hubs. The projected installation is aimed astatine providing a continuous and harmless pedestrian web done skywalks and tunnels, portion besides easing vehicular movement. Authorities estimation that the task could trim postulation congestion on the agelong by astir 30%.

The connection is being developed with enactment from the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) successful coordination with aggregate backstage stakeholders. As portion of Phase I, a 500-metre-long skywalk has been proposed. Plans are besides underway for a 400-metre-long underpass connecting T-Hub with Mindspace C-Gate to amended past mile connectivity.

The proposals are to beryllium submitted to the State authorities done the Industrial Area Local Authority (IALA) and the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC). Further extensions to adjacent bureau clusters are besides nether consideration. A convergence gathering with manufacture representatives and officials from civic and authorities departments is expected soon to finalise the plans. The task is projected to beryllium taken up nether the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode nether the aegis of SCSC, with periodic reviews involving GHMC, TGIIC and IALA.

The tract inspection was attended by Kukatpally DCP Ritiraj, Serilingampally Traffic DCP Ranjan Ratan Kumar, Madhapur Traffic DCP Sai Kumar, Traffic ADCP Hanumantha Rao, Madhapur Traffic ACP Chandrasekhar Reddy, Madhapur Traffic Inspector Sridhar Kumar and Raidurgam Traffic Inspector Pawan. Representatives from SCSC and firm stakeholders including Raheja Mindspace COO Shrawan Gone, Sattva’s Peeyush Aggarwal, Divyasree’s Anurag and Phoenix Group’s Srikanth Badiga were besides present, on with SCSC CEO Naved Khan.