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A two-hour experimental one-way postulation strategy astir the 390-acre Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) nationalist parkland connected Sunday offered a glimpse into however Hyderabad’s ambitious Hyderabad City Innovative & Transformative Infrastructure (H-CITI) task could reshape question successful 1 of city’s busiest corridors. Traffic constabulary officials identified a fewer issues that indispensable beryllium addressed earlier a afloat rollout.
The trial, conducted betwixt 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. crossed a agelong covering KBR Main Gate, Basavatarakam Hospital, Agrasen Junction, Film Nagar and up to Jubilee Hills Check Post, comes amid ongoing operation of a alloy flyover and underpass successful the Banjara Hills–Jubilee Hills belt. The works person already altered postulation patterns successful the area, prompting authorities to trial alternate travel systems to minimise congestion.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar inspected the arrangements connected the crushed on with Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) D. Joel Davis, arsenic teams monitored vehicular question done the modified one-way loop.
According to Joel Davis, the cognition was meticulously planned, with astir 100 postulation marshals deployed and further unit stationed astatine cardinal junctions. Signage indicating directions and guidance messages were installed on the route. Despite a implicit displacement from the regular postulation pattern, the strategy was executed connected schedule, opening and ending precisely arsenic planned.
Vehicles ply nether regulated question during a proceedings tally with each surrounding roads made strictly one-way astir KBR National Park successful Hyderabad connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
He said that the proceedings went connected smoothly overall, aided by the usage of drones that captured aerial footage to place unit points on the corridor. The footage volition present beryllium analysed by the postulation constabulary to pinpoint occupation areas.
“Few friction points besides emerged, peculiarly astatine junctions wherever motorists struggled with lane transitions. One of the cardinal observations was a noticeable hesitation among drivers to determination into the close lane,” explained the officer.
Among the projected changes is the removal of portions of the cardinal median astatine junctions similar the 1 adjacent LV Prasad Eye Hospital and Jubilee Hills cheque station to make gaps of a fewer metres, allowing smoother lane changes, particularly for vehicles travelling from Jubilee Hills Check Post towards KBR Park.
Traffic volunteers clasp placards to make consciousness astir the proceedings tally enforcing a strict one-way strategy astir KBR National Park successful Hyderabad connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
Commuters reported mixed experiences during the trial. “Traffic was moving faster than accustomed adjacent Film Nagar, but I was confused astir which lane to instrumentality astatine 1 junction,” said Y. Dheeraj, who travelled done the agelong during the trial. Another commuter, Bansari Trivedi, said, “It felt little congested overall, but the abrupt alteration successful directions took immoderate clip to get utilized to it.”
The proceedings was constricted to Sunday, and mean postulation has been restored. A elaborate study of the observations volition beryllium shared with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for further action.
Officials indicated that a 2nd proceedings could beryllium conducted wrong a fortnight aft implementing the suggested changes, perchance extending the experimentation for an full time to amended measure real-world conditions.
