Chaos prevailed for the second day on Secunderabad’s roads as traffic diversions came into effect for the construction of the Paradise-Dairy Farm Road elevated corridor on NH-44. The spillover was evident across adjoining stretches, with traffic crawling through Sweekar Upakaar, Tivoli, Tadbund, JBS, Diamond Point and Picket.
By mid-morning on Friday, the interior lanes such as Club Road, YMCA Road, Sikh Road, Picket Road and the stretch between Tivoli Junction and JBS bus stand turned into choked corridors of honking, slow-moving vehicles and confused motorists trying to find their way.
“Every signal point feels like an eternity,” said M. Harshvardhan, an IT employee from Alwal. “The stretch from Vikrampuri to JBS, which I usually cross in 5 to 7 minutes, took me almost three times longer, and this was at 1 p.m., not even peak hour. Everyone seems to be funnelling into the same routes now,” he said.
Traffic chaos reigns as elevated corridor works on Paradise-Dairy Farm stretch begins
Traffic police said the slowdown and congestion was the result of multiple overlapping factors. “These internal roads were never meant to take this kind of load,” said a senior official from the North Zone traffic wing. “You have narrow lanes barely wide enough for two cars, uneven and pothole-ridden surfaces, obstructions on both sides, and a traffic signal every few hundred metres. Add to that, a surge of private vehicles and heavy transport vehicles being diverted. The chaos is inevitable.”
