Infra push around KBR National Park in Hyderabad faces pushback from citizens

Key points

• Infrastructure development works around the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) Park in Hyderabad is facing growing public resistance, with residents and environmental activists demanding the Telangana government roll back the decision to build flyovers and underpasses in the area.
• They have alleged that the project is threatening the city’s green cover and residential areas.
• The outcry has grown with the massive excavation work that is underway for the planned construction activities.
• Read Full Story The increasingly contentious developmental works are part of the Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure (H-CITI) project, which proposes a network of flyovers, underpasses and road widening works around key junctions surrounding the national park to facilitate signal-free traffic movement.
• Seven flyovers and as many underpasses, estimated to cost between Rs 930 crore and Rs 1,090 crore overall, have been planned around the KBR park stretch.