Rs.25-crore Uppal Skywalk project works nearing completion, to be launched shortly
The HMDA is all set to shorty launch the Skywalk bridge built at Uppal Ring Road to ease the traffic as the works of the project are nearing completion
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is all set to shorty launch the Skywalk bridge built at Uppal Ring Road to ease the traffic as the works of the project are nearing completion.
It is known that the Telangana government, after seeing the hardships faced by the pedestrians at Uppal Ring Road, has decided to bring a solution and as part of it, the idea of constructing a Skywalk project was mulled by Minister K Taraka Rama Rao. The minister then gave directions to Special Chief Secretary to Urban Development Arvind Kumar to make proposals for his brain child project.
The Special Chief Secretary entrusted the responsibility of looking into the possibilities to architects and senior engineers and after receiving the proposals and plans assigned the works to the HMDA with an allocation of Rs. 25 crores.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) as part of the construction has built using structural steels acquired from Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), Vizag Steel (Visakhapatnam), and Jindal Steel Companies to make the skywalk project durable for 100 years.
Despite starting the works on 2020, the works were delayed due to various reasons such as the outbreak of Covid-19 and the lack of oxygen cylinders for welding work.
According to the officials, the 660-metre-long Uppal skywalk project built with 37 pillars is six metres above the ground and has eight lifts, six staircases, and four escalators. Meanwhile, the HMDA Urban Forest system will contribute to the greenery by planting saplings.