Gachibowli flyover works at the IIIT Hyderabad Junction have intensified congestion across Hyderabad’s main IT corridor, with road closures and diversions affecting routes linking Hitec City, the Financial District, Lingampally and Kokapet.
Construction of multi-level steel flyovers and an underpass has entered an intensive phase, reducing the motorable space available around the intersection. According to a report by Telangana Today, steel and plastic barricades have sealed key stretches on all four sides of the junction, creating heavy delays for commuters travelling through Gachibowli.
Cyberabad Traffic Police has announced a 90-day extension of road closures and diversions connected with the works. The extension means that daily traffic disruption will continue around a junction that carries significant commuter movement between residential neighbourhoods and Hyderabad’s largest office districts.
Commuters cited the length of the barricaded stretches and the reduced road width as major causes of congestion. They also said that some barriers were difficult to see after dark because they lacked sufficiently visible reflective tape and blinking LED markers. The concerns raise a road-safety issue alongside the immediate problem of longer travel times.
The construction is being carried out to build steel flyovers and an underpass at the IIIT Hyderabad Junction. The planned infrastructure is intended to address traffic movement at one of the key intersections serving the western part of the city. However, the current arrangement has left road users navigating restricted approaches on all sides of the junction, according to the report.
Aishwarya Menon, a fashion designer from Masjid Banda, said contractors should carry out the work in phases and fully clear one stretch before closing another. She said such sequencing could reduce the time and fuel lost by commuters during the construction period.
Commuters broadly welcomed the need for flyovers and an underpass but urged the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation and traffic police to reduce the length of roads closed at any one time. Their requests include better coordination between construction activity and traffic management, clearer barricade visibility and safer conditions for vehicles travelling after sunset.
The disruption illustrates the operational challenge of building grade-separated infrastructure in an already developed employment corridor. Unlike a greenfield project, work at an active junction must share limited road space with traffic connecting multiple business and residential areas. The immediate burden therefore falls on commuters until each construction stage is completed and the affected road space is reopened.
For now, road users will continue to face the announced diversions during the 90-day extension. The next operational milestones are the phased progress of the flyover and underpass works, the removal of barricades from completed stretches and any further traffic-management directions issued by Cyberabad authorities.
