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Rail Nilayam, Alugaddbavi RuBs to be opened for public

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Motorists commuting on the Sangeet junction-Tarnaka stretch via Rail Nilayam and traffic moving from Chilkalguda crossroads towards Mettugda can expect a smooth ride soon as two road under bridges (RuBs) are nearing completion. The two new RuBs at Rail Nilayam and Alugaddabavi, being taken up by the South Central Railway and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), are likely to be opened for public in a month.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">GHMC officials said the railways has completed construction of RuBs at a cost of INR 28 crore, while the corporation has started its share of work like laying a drainage line and approach roads at the RuBs at a cost of about INR 4 crore which would be completed in a month. &quot;The two vents are likely to be inaugurated in March,&quot; officials said.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">As there is high traffic volume on the stretch between Sangeet junction and Tarnaka, traffic jams are a regular feature on the arterial road. Though the GHMC had widened the road to 150 feet as part of expansion of the inner ring road four years ago, traffic gets clogged at the two vents as they are narrow and cannot take the traffic volume.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The GHMC came up with the proposal four years ago to provide additional vents by constructing two RuBs at Rail Nilayam and Alugaddabavi to ensure smooth flow of traffic. While the RuB at Rail Nilayam is 12 metres wide and five metres high, the RuB at Alugadda Bavi is 14 metres wide and five metres high. The works of the RuBs began in 2012 and were completed a couple of months ago. SCR had used the &#39;Box-Pushing&#39; technology, where concrete vents are cast onsite and later placed beneath the bridge to prevent obstruction to rail traffic during the construction period.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The GHMC has decided to take up construction of drain due to leakage of sewage through old lines, which has become a perennial problem near old RuB at Rail Nilayam. As a result, traffic becomes chaotic at the bridge, especially during monsoon. &quot;GHMC is creating a small viaduct to plug the leakage. The drains coming from Addagutta and Rail Nilayam will be connected to a drain at an open land belonging to railways towards Chilkalguda,&quot; GHMC superintending engineer VS Mohan told.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Source-On Request</span></span></span></p>