Deccan Chronicle

Pedestrian life in danger

Congestion at Secunderab­ad railway station ALTHOUGH SHOPOWNERS were booked under section 402 of GHMC act or 38 (b), nothing has been changed on the ground THE SKYWAY constructi­on was also underway so that people can directly reach the metro station.

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The Secunderab­ad railway station, which witness lakhs of footfalls a day, is facing problems due to traffic congestion. In addition to the narrow roads, the space is filled with the street vendors and hawkers and the footpaths have been encroached upon.

Although shopowners were booked under section 402 of GHMC act or 38 (b), case under which encroacher­s are fined `300 for using footpaths as commercial spaces or extension of their establishm­ents, nothing has been changed on the ground, said one of the traffic officials. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporatio­n was planning to clear the footpath from Rathifile to Alpha again.

All the buses coming from the Rathifile bus stand take a ‘U’ turn near the station . R. Satyanaray­ana Raju, Mahankali traffic inspector, said, “As there is very less space, we need to use it very carefully. We planned the entry and exit of buses from a small place. We had already laid cement blocks to separate pedestrian walkway from the main road.”

B.V. Subba Rao, a commuter who travels daily in the same route, said, “If we closely observe the station road, it is mainly used by pedestrian­s but there is no single pedestrian bridge or under bridge to cross the road. The roads have became narrow because of encroachme­nts.”

The TSRTC came up with many plans to decongest the roads near the station, as it creates most of the congestion, but everything remained on papers only and nothing has been implemente­d on the ground yet.

The TSRTC was planning to a construct bus bay at Chilkalgud­a Rotary for the buses coming from Kacheguda and LB Nagar by regulating the traffic to the Rathifile bus stand soon, Raju said.

“The skyway constructi­on was also underway at Rathifile bus stand so that people who want to travel to Kukatpally can directly reach Secunderab­ad metro station through the skyway, which can reduce 30 per cent of foot fall at the station road, said Raju.

DURGA PRASAD SUNKU I DC

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