GHMC to construct five FoBs soon.

After months of discussions and planning, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has finally called for tenders to take up construction of five foot over bridges along with making way towards 103 bus bays in order to make the capital a 'signal-free city'.

Pegged at an overall cost of Rs. 9.18 crore, the new foot over bridges are proposed to be constructed at the M.J. Engineering College in Banjara Hills, Shamshabad Bus Stop, I.S.Sadan in Santoshnagar, Nehru Zoological Park and National Police Academy.

The city’s functioning FoBs are at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute near KBR Park, Filmnagar, and Malaysian Township in Kukatpally, Necklace Road, Masab Tank and two in Gachibowli-Madhapur. Those at Secunderabad near St. Ann’s, Begumpet, Mehdipatnam, Ameerpet, Khairatabad and Dilsukhnagar have been removed for taking up Metro Rail construction or flyover.

GHMC Commissioner & Special Officer Somesh Kumar recently said that construction of bus bays too would be taken up at different locations in all the 18 circles and tenders for the same too will be called soon.

THE HINDU