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Hyderabad Police plan one-way systems in two congested corridors
The Story in Brief
Hyderabad Traffic Police are planning a one-way traffic system at Lakdi-ka-pul to ease congestion. City Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar and Traffic Joint Commissioner D Joel Davis inspected the proposed routes on a motorcycle on Friday, 6 November. Under the plan, vehicles from Old Control Room towards Secunderabad will be diverted via HDFC, Old Saifabad Police Station, Iqbal Minar and Secretariat junction instead of going directly through Ravindra Bharathi. Vehicles from Nirankari junction towards Old Control Room will be diverted via Old Saifabad Police Station, Iqbal Minar and Ravindra Bharathi. Sajjanar said a coordination meeting with GHMC and other agencies will be held soon, and the system will be introduced on a trial basis first.
Separately, Cyberabad Police are exploring a one-way traffic system along the Biodiversity Junction, Mindspace and HITEC City corridor. Commissioner M Ramesh, along with Joint Commissioner (Traffic) Sunpreet Singh and others, inspected the proposed route on Friday. The proposed corridor covers Biodiversity Junction, Mindspace Rotary, Times Square Road, Knowledge City Road, Qualcomm and Dallas Centre Road. Ramesh instructed officials to prepare a detailed report with a traffic flow study and block-wise assessment of buildings. He said a final decision will be taken only after the study is complete.
Update, 8 November 2026: Hindustan Times reports on Delhi Traffic Police installing cat's-eye reflectors and a smoother curvature at the Barapullah elevated corridor to ease congestion. This is a separate event from the Hyderabad one-way traffic proposals, which remain the main story.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Telangana Today and Siasat reports on the Lakdi-ka-pul plan both detail diversion routes and quote Commissioner Sajjanar on the trial basis and coordination meeting, with Siasat adding that he appealed for motorist cooperation. The Hindu and Deccan Chronicle reports on the Cyberabad plan are uniform straight coverage, each quoting Commissioner Ramesh on the block-wise assessment and the preliminary status of the proposal. Hindustan Times covers a different event, Barapullah congestion in Delhi, and adds no facts to the Hyderabad stories. A balanced reading is that both Hyderabad police proposals remain at the inspection and study stage, the Lakdi-ka-pul plan may be implemented sooner on a trial basis, while the Cyberabad plan awaits a full report before a decision.
Coverage: 5 sources, 5 neutral
Sources (5): telanganatoday.com (neutral report), thehindu.com (neutral report), siasat.com (neutral report), deccanchronicle.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
