I live in Hyderabad not too far from the flyovers and it was extremely saddening to get this news. I used to pass through the same area everyday to commute to work, and everytime I went anywhere near those flyovers instinct told me they were never safe. Begumpet is in the heart of the city, and the volume of traffic is just huge in that particular area. What made me feel exremelely unsafe were the following:
(01) There were absolutely no indications in some areas there was construction activity. I remember several motorists were injured over time when a huge hole was being dug for foundation of one of the pillars, and this caught the motorists unawares. The traffic police, the construction group and the Govt. should have taken adequate steps to prevent this.
(02) Given that there was absolute chaos with traffic in that area (and everywhere else in Hyd), there was just nobody to regulate anything. Basically there was construction material strewn all over the road, and huge construction equipment strewn all over the place.
(03) The way the traffic was regulated, people were forced to travel between and under the construction areas. One particular area was located at an extremely weird angle and had a narrow passageway for just one car - there were construction scaffolding on all other side. I thought manay a time that it would be an absolute disaster if someone hit the scaffolding there.
Clearly this is a case of negligence and the guilty should be severely punished
RE:It Was So Predictable...
by BHASKARAN GANESHAN on Sep 09, 2007 11:41 PM Permalink
Sheets of iron, huge steel erections, they always presented a dangerous sight. Did not expect this in the wildest dream. Not just negligence, it is a result of greed, negligence, over exploitation of space and was heading nowhere.
RE:It Was So Predictable...
by Indian on Sep 09, 2007 11:45 PM Permalink
you are right....I have parked my car excatly in same location of the bridge more than 50 to 60 times during nights as this spot is exactly oppiste to eat joints like HYD biriyani and night food vendors...even yest I eas at this location at 12.30 AM...usually many people sits under this construction as this is extreemly busy location and at any point of time after 8 PM you can see many hotel guys ...all the hotels are located in 2 feet distance from the construction....in last 2 days lot of news about Gamen india in local dialy Andhrajyothy news paper and one of the CM family membed told to news like no one can touch Gamen india as some of the irregularities observed in quality, design and huge delay in construction etc...overall people of is under Political devils dynasty and again PCC AP cheif son killed one person in his own residency with pistol and clearly no idea and no clue when this govt will be hanged
