Hyderabad: Tarnaka junction partially reopened to traffic reopened for a 15-day trial on Friday, without too many glitches. The traffic flow between Uppal and Secunderabad remained unchanged, but motorists travelling between the Lalapet side and Osmania University campus had it easy since they did not have to take a U-turn for the first time in a decade.
The real impact of the reopening, police said, could be seen next week when school and office traffic is back on roads. Good Friday was a holiday and traffic remained thin for most of the day.
“Traffic movement so far is good,” said Nallakunta traffic inspector M. Satyanarayana. “There was less traffic than usual. The intensity will increase from next week when schools and offices reopen.”
The only drawback, he said, was the presence of a Metro Rail pillar which narrowed down the road. There are 15 pillars on the road towards Secunderabad. The traffic police would fine-tune its plans once the full volume of traffic was back on the roads.
However, motorists from Uppal towards Secunderabad experienced slight delays. The police had set the red signal for two minutes, and the traffic tailed back till Anuradha theatre.
Hyderabad joint commissioner for traffic, Joel Davis, had released an advisory stating that during the 15-day trial, traffic from the Lalapet side could proceed straight through the crossroad towards Osmania University, and vice-versa.
Traffic from Secunderabad would need to take an U-turn at the Huda complex to head towards the Osmania University campus. Traffic from the Habsiguda side intending to go towards Lalapet would need to take the U-turn at Iriset.
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