Shilpa Layout flyover set to open in the first week of June

The city’s first third level flyover is set for launch between the Outer Ring Road and Kondapur, bringing good news for daily commuters in the IT corridor.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has informed through a media release that the works for the flyover are almost complete, and efforts are being made to launch the structure in the first week of June.

The flyover is expected to bring down the traffic congestion at the Gachibowli junction, saving a lot of time and fuel for the commuters, the note said. It has been built with ₹178 crore expenditure as part of the Strategic Road Development Plan.

Stretching over a length of 1.2 kilometres and width of 24 metres, the six lane flyover arches over the existing Level 1 flyover at Gachibowli junction, and the Shilpa Layout Phase-I flyover, which is the second level flyover.

This facility will ease the traffic between ORR and Kondapur and Hafeezpet, besides improving the connectivity with Hitech City and Financial District. Besides, it will reduce the travel time to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the note mentioned. It will be the 23rd flyover and 37th structure built under the SRDP project which was designed with 42 structures.

GHMC Commissioner R.V. Karnan urged the South Central Railway to complete the latter’s portion of the railway overbridges at Shastripuram and Falaknuma within three months, it said.

Published - May 28, 2025 01:01 am IST