
Alternative roads to ease traffic on NH 65
The Hindu
Proposals get approval, property acquisition underway
Three important stretches with heavy vehicular traffic in the East Zone of the city are set to be developed so that they can serve as alternative routes to the major thoroughfares.
GHMC is taking up the three stretches, respectively in Kothapet, LB Nagar and Mansurabad areas, and developing them into 100-feet roads.
The first among them is the road between Kothapet and Nagole crossroads, which already carries high volumes of traffic, and takes the burden off the highway, especially during peak hours. Despite its potential, the 2.4 kilometre stretch with heavy commercial activity has been neglected for a long time, with only occasional repair and patchwork.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












