Traffic snarls in Hyderabad’s IT corridor are worsening midweek as employees working in hybrid mode prefer to keep Mondays and Fridays as work-from-home days, crowding offices on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. While employees say the arrangement balances personal and professional life, traffic police say that the midweek rush is choking key roads, leading to gridlocks.
According to senior traffic police officials in Cyberabad, the stretch linking the IT corridor with major residential hubs witnesses at least a 25% rise in traffic midweek.
“Of the three days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the worst, with traffic usually 20–25% higher than the usual Mondays and Fridays. Thursdays are slightly better, with a 10–15% increase,” said Madhapur Traffic DCP T. Sai Manohar.
During peak hours between 8 a.m. and noon, as many as 89,000 to 1 lakh vehicles on these routes are linked to IT commuters alone. Breaking it down, DCP Manohar said, “Of the 33,000 autos in all directions, about 10% (3,300) are engaged by IT employees. Of the 1.2 lakh bikes, at least 50% (60,000) belong to them. Over 80% (2,667) of the 3,347 buses cater to IT companies or ferry IT employees, while 25% (23,250) of the 93,000 cars are also used by them in just this four-hour window.”
