The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has finalised a 4.3-km, six-lane bidirectional elevated corridor between Jubilee Hills checkpost and NFCL Junction, replacing an earlier plan for seven separate flyovers and underpasses around KBR Park. The steel corridor is estimated to cost ₹1,090 crore and is intended to provide signal-free movement across five major junctions.
The project follows a reassessment of traffic plans after the introduction of a one-way system around KBR Park improved vehicle movement in the area, according to officials cited by the Times of India. GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan and senior engineering officials inspected the alignment and reviewed foundation excavation and junction improvement works linked to the project.
The corridor will be executed in two packages. The first package, estimated at ₹580 crore, will cover the stretch from Jubilee Hills checkpost to Mugdha Junction. The second, costing ₹510 crore, will extend from Mugdha Junction to Muffakham Jah College and include a dedicated ramp connecting the elevated route to Banjara Hills Road No. 1.
Together, the packages will form a continuous elevated structure designed to carry traffic in both directions. GHMC officials said the revised plan is expected to reduce construction and land-related costs compared with the earlier multi-component proposal. Avoiding extensive acquisition of high-value private properties is estimated to save about ₹800 crore, while the streamlined elevated design is expected to save another ₹400 crore.
The shift also changes the way the corporation is approaching congestion along one of Hyderabad’s busiest corridors. Instead of treating individual junctions through separate underpasses and flyovers, the new proposal creates a single elevated connection across the 4.3-km stretch. The earlier construction plans had been delayed by litigation over permissions related to tree-felling, officials said.
GHMC has stated that the elevated corridor will have no physical footprint inside the eco-sensitive KBR Park zone. The project is therefore designed to avoid direct construction within the park area while addressing traffic movement around its perimeter. The corporation has also said that the revised alignment will minimise its impact on existing green cover.
The use of modular steel construction is expected to enable faster execution and reduce the period of construction-related disruption for commuters, according to a senior GHMC official quoted in the report. The next stages will involve progressing the two packages, alignment-related works and the ongoing foundation and junction improvement activities.
