Panel set up to study flyovers safety: KTR

Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said an independent expert committee has been constituted to evaluate safety measures and speed regulation aspects on the Biodiversity flyover and other flyovers in the city.

Based on recommendations made by the committee, the Biodiversity flyover will be opened for traffic, he said.

The committee comprises experts involved in road safety and has been directed to submit the report at the earliest. The flyover has been shut for traffic since Saturday’s ghastly accident, in which a woman was



killed and a few others suffered injuries.

Reviewing the ongoing projects being taken up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) here on Monday, the Minister said special focus should be laid on provision of footpaths for the convenience of pedestrians. Zonal Commissioners were specifically instructed to construct new footpaths covering a minimum distance of 10 km in their respective zones. Besides providing new footpaths and walkways, new roads covering 10 km should be laid in each zone, he told the officials.