Deccan Chronicle

Gough Road to be closed from May 31

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT HYDERABAD, MAY 9

Local military authoritie­s have put up a board notifying the closure of Gough Road from May 31. Minister K.T. Rama Rao was assured of an extension of deadline during a recent visit to New Delhi, but that appears to have been ignored.

The notice reads, “Road closure from 31st May 2017. General public is hereby informed that this road (Gough) will be closed for the public traffic from May 31, 2017 onwards in consonance with the High Court order on the subject, Emergency vehicles will however be permitted.”

The road is used by lakhs of motorists to cross from Secunderab­ad to Malkajgiri, Sainikpuri and several thickly populated areas.

Local military officials were not available for comment. There was no word from the state government either.

Local military authoritie­s have put up a board notifying the closure of Gough Road from May 31. Minister K.T. Rama Rao was assured of an extension of deadline during a recent visit to New Delhi, but that appears to have been ignored.

The notice reads, “Road closure from 31st May 2017. General public is hereby informed that this road (Gough) will be closed for the public traffic from 31st May 2017 onwards in consonance with the High Court order on the subject, Emergency vehicles will be however be permitted.(sic)”

The road is used by lakhs of motorists to cross from Secunderab­ad to Malkajgiri, Sainikpuri and several thickly populated areas.

Local military officials were not available for comment. There was no word from the state government either.

“Once again there is a deafening silence from the state government and the Secunderab­ad Cantonment Board,” said Mr C.S. Chandra Shekar of the Federation of Northeaste­rn Colonies of Secunderab­ad. Besides, he said, about nine roads in the Golf Course area which were not part of the High Court Order, but which are neverthele­ss closed, said

He said, “There is deafening silence once again from the SCB and the military authoritie­s about the recently unearthed RTI informatio­n which shoted that six of the nine closed roads in the Golf Course area are not A1 military roads, but ‘C’ class Cantonment-funded roads.”

THE ROAD is used by lakhs of motorists to cross from Secunderab­ad to Malkajgiri, Sainikpuri and several thickly populated areas.

 ??  ?? The notice board put up by military officials.
The notice board put up by military officials.

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