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- The Telangana government has decided to cut the planned road infrastructure around KBR National Park in Hyderabad from 14 flyovers and underpasses to a single elevated corridor.
- The new plan is a two-way elevated corridor from Jubilee Hills Check Post to Nagarjuna Circle, replacing the original seven flyovers and seven underpasses around the park.
- Officials cite the smooth traffic flow after the roads around the park were converted to one-way as a key reason for redesigning the H-CITI project.
- High property acquisition costs also influenced the decision, as the original design would have required acquiring 247 properties in premium real estate areas, and none of the owners agreed to Transferable Development Rights in lieu of compensation.
- The project matters because it signals a shift away from large-scale concretisation around the park, an issue on which citizens' groups had opposed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, though the official order is yet to be passed.
- Citizens' groups had protested that the original structures would kill the park by concretising its surroundings.
What to watch next
- Final approval of the official order and the exact design details of the single elevated corridor.
- Ongoing deliberations with the tendered agency on how to implement the revised plan.
- Court cases: property owners' acquisition challenges in the High Court and the pending Supreme Court case on the park's Eco Sensitive Zone.
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