The planned link on the Mir Alam Tank to connect Shastripuram on the Bengaluru Highway to Chintalmet is a 35-metre width, 2.4 kilometre conventional bridge with multiple piers and not a cable-stayed bridge as was being speculated.
“It is a normal bridge like the flyover there,” informed a supervisor at the site as rows of earthmovers laid a stretch of mud and debris road for the movement of vehicles. While the bridge is called iconic, the only concession appears to be ornamental lighting and a 1.5 metre footpath giving a bird’s eye view over the Nehru Zoological Park and Mir Mahmood ki Pahadi.
“The deepest region we encountered is nearly 12 metres, and at other places it is nine metres. The pillars will be raised in the lake and there will be a circular junctions at either end allowing traffic to flow smoothly,” informed the official.
According to documents hosted on government websites, KNR Constructions has been awarded a letter of approval for the ₹319.24 crore EPC contract for the bridge across Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad with a deadline of 24 months for its completion.
The massive earthen work near the STP plant of HMWS&SB has drawn the dismayed attention of the people and motorists about the nature of the work.
