Hyderabad, Nov. 29 -- By Suman Rodrigues

Hyderabad: The traffic on the busy Uppal junction is moving faster than the construction of the Uppal-Narapally flyover, which was meant to decongest this bottleneck.

Under construction for the last 7 years, the flyover on the National Highway-163 was proposed to unclog traffic that meets at the junction, from Warangal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri and east Hyderabad. Upon completion, the 6.2 km long six-lane elevated corridor will become the second longest flyover in the state, after the PV Narasimha Rao (PVNR) Expressway, which spans over 11.5 km.

The foundation for the elevated corridor was laid by Union Minister Nithin Gadkari in 2018 and faced delays midway owing to financial constraints, land acqui...