The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has scrapped 14 planned projects around KBR Park and replaced them with a single 4.3-km bidirectional steel flyover from Jubilee Hills Checkpost to NFCL Junction, saying the revised plan will save the exchequer ₹1,200 crore and reduce the need for private land acquisition.
The cancelled plan included seven flyovers and seven underpasses covering 2.6 km at an estimated cost of ₹1,090 crore. The replacement corridor will be built at the same overall cost under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode, with modular steel technology being used to speed up construction and limit disruption to road users.
The new six-lane flyover will be executed in two packages. The first package, valued at ₹580 crore, will run from Jubilee Hills Check Post Junction to Mugdha Junction. The second, costing ₹510 crore, will connect Mugdha Junction to Muffakham Jah College and include a ramp linking to Banjara Hills Road No. 1.
According to the GHMC, the earlier projects included isolated structures as short as 200 to 300 metres and were designed to enable two-way traffic around the park. The civic body said the revised design was considered after the one-way traffic system around KBR Park was assessed as successful. One-way traffic will continue under the new arrangement.
GHMC commissioner R.V. Karnan visited the project site and said the isolated underpasses had been reassessed in view of current traffic conditions. He also said pending court litigation related to tree-felling permissions had previously stalled construction progress. The NFCL Junction–KBR Park stretch remains heavily congested, according to the civic body, and requires a continuous elevated corridor.
GHMC estimates that the revised proposal will save ₹800 crore in land acquisition costs by reducing the requirement to acquire high-value private land. A further ₹400 crore is expected to be saved in construction costs compared with the earlier multi-component plan. Together, these figures form the civic body’s estimate of ₹1,200 crore in savings.
The flyover is planned to provide signal-free movement across five major junctions and is designed to handle high traffic volumes. GHMC has said the structure will have zero footprint in the eco-sensitive zone around KBR Park, with the stated objective of limiting its impact on the park’s green cover.
The use of modular steel construction is intended to reduce execution time and public disruption compared with conventional construction methods. The commissioner said the technology would help reduce daily travel times, queue lengths and fuel consumption once the corridor is operational.
The revised project now places the main implementation focus on the two EPC packages, the proposed alignment and the permissions required for construction. Further progress will depend on execution of the packages and resolution of the permissions and litigation issues identified by GHMC.
