Hyderabad: Telangana government has drawn an ambitious plan to beautify Hyderabad as a global city and make it safe and secure.
Under this plan 14 beautiful gateways will be built in different architectural styles at all the entry points of the city. Each gateway will be different, with a mix of modern and ancient styles of architecture.
The gateway at Uppal on Hyderabad-Warangal highway will have a design in Moghul style on one side and Kakatiya style on the other to reflect the history and culture of two heritage cities.
The gateway at Hayatnagar on the roads to Vijayawada and Khammam will have a distinct Moghul design and the gateway on Srisailam road will have modern design. Logo of historic Charminar will be a common feature on all the gateways as it represents Hyderabad.
Such gateways, welcoming the visitors to the city of Hyderabad, will come up at Keesara, Dummaiguda cross roads, Alwal Rajiv Rahdaari, Medchal-Kompally road (coming from Nagpur), Jeedimetla-Narsapur Road, Ramchandrapuram-Patancheru (Mumbai Road), Expressway-Nanakramguda road, Osman Sagar, Himayat Sagar and on the roads coming from Kurnool and Srisailam.
Officials associated with the project say that not only these attractive gateways will beautify the city but also have features to monitor all the incoming and outgoing traffic and also regulate in case of any emergency. The authorities if needed can close the entry points. “Each gateway will cost Rs1 crore”, an official said.
The responsibility of designing the gateways was given to Dhruvutara consultancy and precast technology and steel will be used to their rapid completion. The area around each gateway will be landscaped to make it environment friendly and green project. Each gateway will have three fountains.
“The entire design will be such that any visitor should feel that he is entering into a different world, a clean, green, and beautiful city”, an official said.
Meanwhile, plans were also afoot to make Hyderabad safe and secure by installing 100,000 close circuit TV cameras. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was aiming to complete this project before the World Metropolis Congress before October 2014.
Fifteen companies gave a live demonstration of the CCTV camera projects before senior officials including the GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar and Hyderabad police commissioner Mahender Reddy.
Under this project every stretch of 1 to 2km will have 15 to 20 CCTV cameras to ensure public safety. Each camera will have a storage capacity of at least one month and a battery back up in case disruption in power supply.
