The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has scrapped 14 proposed flyovers and underpasses around KBR Park and replaced them with a single 4.3-km, six-lane bidirectional steel flyover between Jubilee Hills Checkpost and NFCL Junction. The revised project will be built at the same stated cost of ₹1,090 crore and is intended to create continuous, signal-free movement across five major junctions.
The earlier plan consisted of seven flyovers and seven underpasses covering 2.6 km. Some of the proposed structures were only 200 to 300 metres long and were designed to allow two-way traffic around the park. Under the revised plan, the one-way traffic system currently operating around KBR Park will continue, according to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
The replacement flyover will be executed under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode in two packages. The first package, valued at ₹580 crore, will run from Jubilee Hills Check Post Junction to Mugdha Junction. The second package, estimated at ₹510 crore, will extend from Mugdha Junction to Muffakham Jah College and include a connecting ramp to Banjara Hills Road No. 1.
GHMC has said the redesign will save the exchequer ₹1,200 crore compared with the earlier multi-component plan. According to the civic body, reducing the need to acquire high-value private land accounts for ₹800 crore of the savings, while the revised construction plan is expected to save another ₹400 crore compared with the 14-project proposal. The figures were cited by GHMC in explaining the shift to a single elevated corridor.
GHMC commissioner R.V. Karnan visited the project site on Monday and said the isolated underpasses had been reassessed after the one-way traffic system around KBR Park performed successfully. He also said pending litigation over permissions for tree felling had previously stalled construction progress. The NFCL Junction–KBR Park stretch continues to face heavy congestion, requiring what the civic body described as a continuous elevated corridor rather than separate grade-separation structures.
The proposed flyover is expected to provide uninterrupted movement across the five junctions and handle high traffic volumes through its six-lane configuration. GHMC has said the structure will have zero footprint in the eco-sensitive zone around KBR Park, with the stated objective of limiting its effect on the area’s green cover.
The project will use modular steel construction technology, which the commissioner said was selected to reduce execution time and limit disruption to daily traffic. GHMC said the approach is expected to reduce travel times, vehicle queues and fuel consumption once the corridor is completed. The civic body has not provided a completion date in the information available for the project.
