Hectic road digging creates blockade for commuters
At Chintalkunta Y junction near LB Nagar, the road digging started about a month ago, to lay storm water pipelines along the RTC Colony main road. The project began while a ban on road cutting was in place in view of rains.
Now, the route has been rendered unusable for vehicles, especially four-wheelers, on the connecting road towards the Sagar Ring Road. The deep trenches for laying 900 mm pipes has also restricted movement on the flyover from Bairamalguda towards LB Nagar Junction, and to proceed on the Inner Ring Road (IRR) towards Nagole. Also out of bounds for many vehicles is the Chintalkunta underpass landing on National Highway 65.
Residents of several colonies around Jahangir Nagar, RTC Colony, Venkata Ramana Colony, and Padmavathi Colony are bearing the brunt of the ongoing digging work.
'In the absence of the Chintalkunta underpass, to get to the other side of the road, we need to take a round about either from the Vanasthalipuram side or travel up to LB Nagar junction, both of which increase the fuel cost tremendously. This has become a pain on a daily basis,' complained M. Srinivas Rao, a working professional who resides in Venkata Ramana Colony.
For the commuters to Nagole, it is even more cumbersome as it adds up to over two kilometres up to the IRR, costing not only fuel, but extra time too during peak hours.
Locals vouch that the RTC Colony main road was laid two to three years ago. While a cement concrete road is built with a lifespan of a minimum of 10 years, this road has been dug up much ahead of time, due to the absence of drainage.
'Every time it rains, the road gets filled with flood water from all the surrounding colonies, making it difficult for pedestrians to negotiate their way. Last time it was re-laid, they did not bother to provide for storm water drainage. There were only sewerage lines to take in the flood water too, and it was a problem. Now, they are breaking the road to lay the drains,' related Abdul Lateef (name changed), a shopkeeper on the road.
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