WARANGAL: There is only one main thoroughfare that connects Kazipet and Warangal towns. The 16 kilometre road is always congested and the traffic situation is chaotic on any day, observed the speakers at a high-level meeting held under auspices of AP Urban Services for the Poor (APUSP) here.
The police officials and senior citizens came up with suggestions like developing a couple of bypass roads and an outer ring road to solve the traffic problem in the town.
Taking part in the deliberations, the Superintendent of Police Soumya Mishra and advisor to Municipal Corporation, Prof M Panduranga Rao recommended for development of bypass roads connecting the tri-cities ,Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet.
The existing Hunter Road, KUC road and some of the bypass roads should be widened to ease the traffic congestion, they pointed out.
The meeting was held to discuss the needs of these three towns and work out a plan taking into consideration the development that is likely to take place in the next three decades.
Some development proposals worth about Rs. 500 crore were made at this meeting.
Issues of utmost concern such as underground drainage, drinking water and traffic management were discussed at length.
The meet approved the drinking water system augmentation proposals that would cost of Rs. 178 crore.
The Union Urban Development ministry has sanctioned the amount for the Warangal Municipal Corporation to improve its drinking water system to meet the future requirements.
As part of it, the storage capacity of the Dharmasagar and Bhadrakali tanks would be increased and huge pipelines would be laid connecting them to the existing filter beds and the new ones that were proposed to come up.
It was agreed that a project worth Rs. 250 crore was needed to create the underground drainage facility in the city.
Encroachments
Clearing of encroachments in the natural course of nalas, setting up sewage treatment plants and widening of the nalas would form part of the plan.
Mayor Errabelli Swarna, commissioner K V Ram Reddy, MLC Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy, deputy mayor E Ravinder, superintending engineers Koteshwar and Anjaneyulu were among others present.
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