With Outer Ring Road (ORR) becoming vulnerable for fatal road
accidents resulting in precious lives being lost due to rash and
negligent driving, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)
has decided to produce short films and documentaries on ORR to create
awareness on safety aspects and safe driving.

It has also decided
to produce short films and documentaries on Hussainsagar for creating
awareness among citizens to keep the lake clean. The short films and
documentaries would be screened at various important public places,
cinema theatres and multiplexes soon. The HMDA officials told Express
that the duration of the films would be of 30/60/120 seconds. The voice
over will be in Telugu, English and Hindi.

The 159-km Outer Ring
Road connecting Patancheru-Shamshabad-Hayathnagar-Medchal-Patancheru is
providing connectivity to various state and national highways, to bypass
Hyderabad city.

The ORR is constructed as orbital linkage to
decongest the traffic flow on the existing major arterial roads in
Hyderabad as well as a road-cum-area development project, since its aim
is the development of well-planned and well-connected urban settlements
around the Hyderabad Metropolitan Area (HMA).

Because of its
high-speed design and current low traffic volume, frequent accidents are
taking place which are fatal in nature. In the recent times, several
accidents led to deaths of a number of people. These could be avoided to
a large extent if commuters followed safe driving rules.

Similarly,
the HMDA has decided to produce short films and documentaries on
Hussainsagar for creating awareness among the people as the lake has
rich biodiversity in the form of butterflies, birds, fishes and other
aquatic life.

Earlier, the lake was known for irrigation and
drinking water facilities and also for its rich biodiversity. It was
constructed in 1562.