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Time of India
16-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Traffic chaos looms in Guntur as flyover work rushed without alternative roads
1 2 Guntur: The rushed attempt to launch construction of a new four-lane flyover at Sankar Vilas Centre could trigger severe traffic disruptions, with alternative diversion roads still incomplete. Union minister Pemmasani Chandrasekhar had asked authorities to begin flyover works within a fortnight, following an ₹98 crore grant under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) nearly eight months ago. Despite the roads and buildings department finalising designs by January 2025, delays in asset acquisition and marking by the Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) stalled the project. Although the GMC fast-tracked land handover, legal disputes over compensation pushed the plan into limbo. Nearly 50 property owners moved court demanding cash payouts under the new Land Acquisition Act, rejecting the civic body's offer of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) bonds. Surprisingly, the GMC had failed to fully utilize the time to complete the development of alternative roads. The lack of coordination between the town planning and engineering wings in GMC has delayed the road development works. In fact, the newly developed road under the three-bridges junction was flooded with a simple rain last month leaving the civic authorities stumped. This road is important exit road for the commuters from Guntur west constituency to reach Vijayawada highway. The railway authorities closed down the passage near three-bridges junction for about four months for construction of additional railway track. The ruling TDP legislators opened the newly constructed road and drain claiming that they brought the decades long trouble of flooding of the road to an end. Within two weeks of its launch the traffic was completely stalled following a 30-minute rain leaving the legislators and officials shocked. "The problem at Donka Road (three-bridges junction) needed to be rectified before launching of Sankar vilas flyover work. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to handle the traffic in the city," said Guntur East legislator Mohammed Naseer. The GMC has been working on replacement of pipelines near Sarada Colony-Nehru Nagar road for the past several months. It was another exit road to reduce the traffic congestion in the city. Ironically, the GMC failed to exert pressure on the railway authorities to complete the Reddypalem-New Guntur railway station road to divert the freight vehicles without entering the city. The entry of container cargo vehicles into Sitaram Nagar road to reach New Guntur railway station is already crippling the traffic in the city. The city will be left with Pattabhipiram-Hindu college road and IRR to manage the massive traffic that moves between Guntur-Vijayawada.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
South Central Railway revives decade-old Rail Over Bridge project in Guntur
Guntur: In a big relief to the commuters, the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities have finalised the tenders to resume works on Rail Over Bridge (ROB) on Guntur-Nandivelugu-Tenali road in Guntur city. This prestigious road infrastructure project commenced about a decade ago, but was abruptly stalled due to financial constraints almost five years local legislator Mohammed Naseer 's request into consideration, union rural development and communications junior minister Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar held several rounds of discussions with Aswani Vaishnaw, Union railway minister, and got the project cleared. The project was originally expected to cost Rs 17 crore of which railways agreed to bear Rs 6 crore and state govt Rs 11 crore during the 2014-19 period. While the railway department completed major part of its work as per schedule, the works initiated with the state govt funds progressed at snail's pace. After YSRCP came into power, the state govt refused to release funds due to financial constraints. The half completed RoB has turned out to be a menace to commuters as service roads were left unattended for the past five years. Vegetable sellers from Tenali region have been struggling a lot to transport their produce to wholesale market in Guntur as this road connects several villages in Ponnur and Tenali constituencies with Guntur. Setting his focus on building better infrastructure in Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, Union minister Dr Pemmasani prevailed upon the Ashwani Vaishnaw to shoulder the entire burden and complete the project given the state's precarious financial condition. He explained that manned railway gate could be removed once the RoB is completed. He said that train traffic has increased following the completion of the Guntur-Tenali doubling railway track and electrification of the line resulting in frequent traffic congestion in Guntur city due to the closure of the railway gate. Subsequently, the railways got the estimates revised to Rs 18 crore and sent it for approval from the railway board. With union minister Pemmasani's continuous follow-up in New Delhi, the railway minister agreed to take up the ROB with allocation from the railway budget. A senior engineering official, Suryanarayana recently inspected the project site and set the stage ready for resumption of the works. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
