Hyderabad, Oct. 3 -- The Falaknuma road overbridge (RoB) was inaugurated on Friday by Minister for Transport, Poonam Prabhkar, and AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi.

The project, which commenced in 2021 after long delays, is finally completed. On Thursday, workers were seen doing small works on the bridge. The RoB is jointly constructed by the GHMC and South-Central Railway (SCR) at a cost of Rs. 47.1 crore. The 360-metre-long bridge will help ease the traffic congestion on the old bridge.

Traffic bound toward Charminar from Chandrayangutta and beyond will use the new RoB.

The need for the new RoB was felt after the existing ROB, though vital, had become inadequate due to a surge in vehicular traffic on the Chandrayangutta to Pahadishar...