Principal Secretary (Municipal Administration) Arvind Kumar today said that the HMDA was completing development works on a war footing fully utilizing the lockdown period.
The lesser traffic due to the lockdown in the usually crowded Ikea junction near the IT corridor has enabled the HMDA to take up beautification works.
Kumar today inspected the works and instructed the officials to complete them within one week.
Landscape beautification at the rotary of the Ikea junction is being done jointly by the engineering and the urban forestry wings of the HMDA.
The landscape is being embellished with sculpture and age-old aesthetic trees, illuminated for effect, apart from through addition of greenery. There will also be aesthetically developed metal designs of various animals.
Five olive trees and other stone carvings are also being set up.
The works have been taken up in two pockets.
Commuters would be in for a pleasant surprise once the lockdown ended, Kumar claimed.
HGCL MD Santosh, CE of HMDA B L N Reddy and other officials were present.