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.