Overview
- The GHMC Standing Committee approved the redesign that replaces multiple flyovers and underpasses with a single 7.5‑km continuous steel elevated corridor running from Jubilee Hills Checkpost to the NFCL/Muffakham Jah College junction.
- Officials say they will not call fresh tenders because the existing contractor has completed about half the earlier-design work and cancelling the contract could invite legal challenges.
- The sanctioned budget remains ₹1,090 crore, and GHMC officials claim the redesign will save about ₹1,200 crore by cutting land acquisition and construction costs, a figure that reporters and critics dispute.
- Citizens and environmental groups are demanding a new Detailed Project Report, a public accounting of money already spent on excavation and works, and explanations for tree felling and limited consultation.
- The change follows a one-way traffic trial that officials say eased congestion and litigation over tree‑felling permissions that stalled the original plan, and the controversy now risks audits, legal challenges, and renewed public protests.