IRR

Let me give the earlier write up I have given about the IRR:

CHAPTER I: INNER RING ROAD, BUS ROUTES

The inner ring road [IRR] was only briefly touched upon in the first module. We shall now sharpen our focus upon the IRR. As mentioned earlier, this IRR does not correspond to that being worked upon by the GHMC. It almost closely follows the railway tracks in the centre of the city which connect the railway stations Nampally, Secunderabad and Kacheguda. The figures shown in ROBS-2, 1 to 9 contain details of the IRR. The IRR is depicted as a dark blue line in these figures.

Because of road width constraints, traffic moving in opposite directions along the IRR route has to diverge at certain sections.

Let us now see the route taken by the traffic moving along the IRR in the clockwise fashion.

Starting from Nampally, the traffic proceeds along the Public Garden road towards Lakdi-ka-pul, Khairatabad, Punjagutta, Ameerpet, Begumpet, Shyamlal, Paradise, Patny bus stop and then on to the Secunderabad YMCA junction. There it turns right and then turns left at the clock tower to enter the SD road. At Sangeeth junction it turns right towards Rathfile i.e. Secunderabad station. From Rathfile the traffic proceeds towards Chilakalaguda X roads where it takes a right turn to enter the Boyiguda road and goes along the Mushirabad, Chikadpally

and Narayanaguda main roads to reach the Maheshwari theatre crossroads. There it turns left to enter the Kacheguda station road to reach the Kacheguda Railway station. From there the traffic proceeds towards the Chaderghat crossroads where it travels straight along the Maulvi Aladdin road. Passing through Ranga Mahal it turns left to reach Afzalgunj, passing by the Gowliguda bus depot. From Afzalgunj the traffic reaches the Zambagh crossroads after passing along the Siddiamber Bazaar main road. From here the traffic proceeds along the Nizam Shahi and Mukhram Jahi roads to enter the Public Garden road. Traveling on this road it reaches its starting point...the Nampally station. The ring is now complete for traffic moving in the clockwise direction upon the IRR.

Let us now see how the traffic moves in the anticlockwise direction upon the IRR. Starting from Nampally station, it proceeds towards Mozamjahi Market crossroads where it turns right to enter the Siddiamber Bazaar main road. After reaching Afzalgunj the traffic proceeds towards Chaderghat crossroads passing by Gowliguda bus depot. From there the traffic proceeds towards Maheshwari theatre crossroads after passing through Kacheguda Railway station. Here it turns right and proceeds towards Chikadpally and Mushirabad. Passing beneath the Oliphant tunnel it turns left to reach the Secunderabad station. Here it turns right to reach the clock tower island via St. Mary’s Road. At the clock tower roundabout it turns right and then turns left to reach the YMCA crossroads. At the crossroads it turns left to enter the SP road. It travels along this road to touch Patny, Paradise, Shyamlal, and Begumpet bus stops to reach the Greenlands junction. Here it turns right and proceeds upon this IRR stretch of road to reach Punjagutta crossroads via Ameerpet. At Punjagutta crossroads the traffic proceeds straight towards Khairatabad. From there it goes straight towards the Gurudwara junction, Lakdi-ka-pul. Here it turns left towards Dwaraka Hotel from where it reaches the Ravindra Bharati crossroads. Here it turns right towards the Police Control Office crossroads from where it goes straight towards Nampally station along the Public Garden road. The ring is complete for traffic moving in the anticlockwise direction along the IRR.

From the description given of the routes taken by the traffic traveling in opposite directions upon the IRR, it should be observed that there are three places where these two sections of traffic diverge. The first place of divergence is at Lakdi-ka-pul. ROBS-2, figures 6 and 7 show this place of divergence. The second place where the divergence occurs is between Rathfile junction at Secunderabad station and the roundabout at the clock tower. ROBS-2, fig 3 shows this place of divergence. The third place where the clockwise and anticlockwise traffic diverge from one another is at the Afzalgunj bus stop. ROBS-2, fig 5 shows this place of divergence.

It should be observed that all the routes taken by the traffic moving in either the clockwise or anticlockwise direction upon the IRR are upon existing bus routes, very busy routes at that. It has been pointed out in an earlier article that a huge chunk of city bus routes [? 70%] are centered at Secunderabad railway station. Nampally station also is the originating point for a minor chunk of city bus routes. A few bus routes start out from Kacheguda station. Thus the IRR connects all the three long distance train stations of Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Kacheguda. These stations are also MMTS stations. Other MMTS stations such as Lakdi-ka-pul, Khairatabad and Begumpet are also serviced by the IRR. Important educational institutions, government offices, wholesale markets, shopping centers, sports and recreation centers, theatres and spots of tourist interest, all located in the heart of the twin cities, are all serviced by the IRR. Buses plying upon the IRR will definitely not run empty.

This matter has been written for ROBS-2. Some concepts may have been changed at the present moment of time.