Median opened, service lane pressed into use as GHMC issues notices for Gachibowli road widening

Every evening between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., a section of the median on the Old Mumbai Highway in Gachibowli is temporarily opened up. Traffic personnel manually create a 15–20-foot gap, allowing vehicles to spill into part of the opposite carriageway and form an additional outbound lane towards the Gachibowli flyover.

The arrangement is not part of any permanent design. It is a daily improvisation to prevent gridlock on a one-kilometre stretch between the Cyberabad Police Commissioner’s office and the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, one of the most critical choke points leading to Cyberabad’s IT corridor.

The section of a median on the Old Mumbai Highway in Gachibowli which is opened for four hours every evening to avoid traffic gridlock | Video Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT