HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation commissioner MT Krishna Babu has directed engineering officials to complete road expansion and nala widening works on SP Road near Kochar apartment in Begumpet immediately.

The commissioner was angry over the slow pace of works, especially the progress of nala widening where only two of the three vents were completed in the past two years. He also inspected SP Road and Fatehnagar flyover works. He said a fresh set of safety measures with colourful and collapsible bollards along with glowing studs would be put in place on SP Road along dividers from HPS till the end of Greenlands flyover at a cost of Rs 4.5 lakh to prevent accidents on the 500-metre stretch. The work would start next week. He said the GHMC had already provided safety features on the road a year ago like rumble strips, studs, chevron markings, collapsible bollards with radium stickers, signboards, blinkers etc. but they got worn out.

He further inspected the road over bridge ( RoB) work from Begumpet to Fatehnagar and directed officials to complete it immediately. He also visited Indiragandhi puram along with Kukatpally MLA Jayaprakash Narayan.

GHMC officials said nearly 120 houses would be affected in widening the link road. He directed the officials to hold a meeting with the locals to take up housing programme under the Rajiv Awaas Yojana.

The GHMC chief also inspected Lakdikapul bridge and other works related to widening of nalas, CC roads at Film Nagar, Shaikpet, Tolichowki and interacted with officials and contractors and directed them to expedite works on priority basis.