VDCC tech, concrete roads for smooth ride in Secunderabad

SECUNDERABAD: Vacuum Dewatered Cement Concrete (VDCC) roads, slip roads and 15 Cement Concrete (CC) roads will dot Secunderabad soon. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is also taking up construction of reinforced cement concrete drain in Moula Ali and restoration of 70-km of arterial roads in Secunderabad.
The box drain will be constructed from Bharat Nagar to Pragati Nagar. “The drain is being built at a cost of Rs 2.1 crore and administrative sanction has also been accorded by GHMC standing committee,” said a GHMC official.
The damaged road near Regional Passport Office in Shivaji Nagar and Kavadiguda road, that were turned into parking zone for unused vehicles, have been re-carpeted with VDCC.“After the roads were re-carpeted, sanitation standards improved on these stretches. A VDCC road lasts up to 15 years,” said Srinivas Reddy, GHMC zonal commissioner, Secunderabad.
Two new slip roads — Prakash Nagar to Begumpet and Golnaka to Amberpet — will also be developed and the works are being taken up by Hyderabad Road Development Corporation Ltd (HRDCL). “The works pertaining to slip roads is being taken up phase wise across the city and works in Secunderabad will start soon,” said Vasantha, chief engineer, HRDCL.
According to GHMC officials, the work to convert 15 gravel stretches into CC roads will start in a month. “We are calling for tenders and the work will begin in a month. These stretches, most of them are in Malkajgiri locality, will be restored at a cost of Rs 2.89 crore,” said a GHMC official.