The Times of India 14.08.2012
Punjagutta road reopened
HYDERABAD: Four days after a portion of the road caved in near Model House on the Khairatabad-Punjagutta stretch forcing the carriageway to be closed to traffic, two-wheelers and light motor vehicles were allowed on the stretch on Monday following repairs.
Hyderabad additional commissioner (traffic) CV Anand said that heavy vehicles like buses would be allowed on the stretch from Tuesday.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials said that
restoration work on the road portion was almost complete. The stretch
towards Punjagutta from Khairatabad has been repaired while a part of
the carriageway from Punjagutta to Khairatabad is ready except for the
laying of reinforced concrete slabs. "The slab portion will be completed
in two days and heavy vehicles will be allowed from Tuesday," GHMC engineer-in-chief R Dhan Singh told TOI. Meanwhile, GHMC officials identified the problem which led to a portion of the road caving in.
They came to the conclusion that a dozen rubber tyres and nearly a
tonne of plastic material that were found to have been choking the storm
water drain had triggered the collapse. Civic officials said
that the blockage was helped by the fact of these sewer lines being
connected to the storm water drains by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water
Supply and Sewerage Board.
