Owaisi, Majid Hussain Inspect Tippu Khan Bridge

Hyderabad MP and MIM President Asaduddin Owaisi and GHMC Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain inspected the Tippu Khan Bridge at Langar House on Friday.

Karwan MLA Mohammed Kauser Mohiuddin, GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar, senior officials of the GHMC, and Army officials of the 3TRG and MT Regiment were also present.

Later, the team visited the Army Head Quarters at the Artillery Center in Golconda upon the request of the Army officials, where it had interactions regarding a proposal for a Foot Over Bridge (FoB) at the Tippu Khan Bridge.

The Army officials have requested for the construction of an FOB at the Tippu Khan Bridge for pedestrians as the road is choked by heavy traffic movement during peak hours. Responding to the request, the GHMC Commissioner directed the officials to put up the proposals at the earliest so that the FOB works could be taken up expeditiously.

Somesh Kumar informed that the GHMC was planning to take up 100 new FOBs in the GHMC jurisdiction. Nearly 70 places have been identified, and another 30 will be identified soon. The proposed FOBs would have the facility of lifts on both sides which would be helpful for physically challenged persons.

GHMC Central Zone Commissioner Dr. Satyanarayana, Engineer-in-Chief R Dhan Singh, Chief Engineer K Suresh, Chief City Planner Devender Reddy, Commanding Officer P Kiran Kumar, Battery Commander A S Mukherjee and other senior officials of the Engineering, Town Planning and Health wings participated in the visit. (INN)