The gate was supposed to be reopened after due repair on September 15, but residents had complained that even after repairs, it remained shut, forcing them to take a much longer detour.
In a major relief to commuters in Secunderabad's Malkajgiri suburb and its surrounding areas, the South Central Railways (SCR) reopened the Safilguda railway gate road on Saturday evening, just days after it was reported that many were facing inconvenience due to the closure.
The road was closed on August 30 and a notice was put up informing the general public that the gate will be reopened after due repair on September 15. However, citizens said that it remained shut even after the repair work was completed, forcing several commuters to take a longer detour."About one lakh denizens use this crossing every day, which passes through the heart of the Malkajgiri suburb. It has become an arduous and strenuous task for commuters as they have been taking a detour every day since then," a delegation of the United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (UFRWA) said in a letter to Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad earlier this week.
Following the reopening of the road, BT Srinivasan, General Secretary of UFRWA thanked the official.
During a meeting last week between Gajanan and members of the federation, they had also asked for a feasibility study to look into the expansion of the existing flyover at Ramakrishna Puram Railway Station, to ease the traffic flow.
The citizens also sought that the official intervene to ensure that work being carried out as part of the Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase II project would be completed soon, thereby connecting Moula-Ali and Hitec City via Sanathnagar by local train.
At present, locals in the region have also been demanding expedition of construction of a road under bridge (RuB) at Anandbagh.
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