Hyderabad: With the town witnessing torrential rains previously few days, the Outer Ring Street (ORR) is in a horrible form, having developed potholes, and motorists are having a troublesome time negotiating previous them.
Drivers say it is a nightmare to drive on these roads, each in the course of the day and at night time. This can be very powerful for commuters to deal with the torrential downpours on one aspect and the numerous potholes on the opposite. It solely will get worse when it is raining because it’s tougher for the commuters to note the potholes.
The situation of those roads might be going to worsen with extra rain anticipated within the coming days, inflicting extra inconvenience to motorists.
Regardless of the ORR’s 100 km/h pace restrict, drivers stated that even at 80 km/h potholes had been inflicting harm to their autos. When a automobile hits a pothole, it turns into exceedingly troublesome to manage, and the driving force is pressured to decelerate much more. They’re subsequently extra prone to rear-end crashes.
A.Nageshwara Rao, a frequent commuter from Narsingi to Gachibowli, claimed that the ORR was considerably broken in a lot of locations. In accordance with him, some potholes gave the impression to be so deep that vehicles would bounce after they hit them.
Many motorists questioned why they need to pay toll for broken or poorly maintained highways and expressways. “Regardless of paying the toll, we nonetheless have harmful potholes and subpar roads,” Rao stated.
J. Santosh Kumar, one other motorist, echoed related worries, stating that there are potholes all aong the ORR, particularly at Patancheru, Pedda Amberpet, Shamirpet, Ghatkesar, Tukkuguda, Kollur, Narsingi, Gachibowli, Patancheru, Bowrampet, Gowdavalli, and Shamirpet. Even with a lightweight drizzle, the roads are being washed away regardless of crores of rupees having been spent on their development.
A senior Hyderabad Metropolitan Improvement Authority (HMDA) official acknowledged the poor state of the roads, which has been posing a critical menace to drivers, and stated the Hyderabad Development Hall Restricted (HGCL), which is the nodal company, had invited tenders to recarpet the roads from
Patancheru to Pedda Amberpet by way of Shamirpet and Ghatkesar. The mission, he stated, could be began and completed in 20 months at an estimated price of a bit of over Rs 20.62 crore.
