V.C.Sajjanar, the Cyberabad Police Commissioner, on the 2nd of October, said there would be no vehicular movement on the newly inaugurated Durgam Cheruvu cable stayed bridge on weekends.
The decision was taken in the wake of the public safety and to control excessive traffic on the bridge.
However, people on foot would be allowed to go on the bridge even on weekends.
During a coordination meeting with representatives of various departments and wings like the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC,) Irrigation, Fire and Traffic.
The meeting was held on the 1st of October.
According to the Cyberabad Police Commissioner, the bridge might witness a large number of visitors during weekends.
Apart from crowd management issues, there could also be safety issues and this would be a precaution to control any accidents.
Vehicular movement would be closed on the bridge on weekends, from Friday 10:00 P.M., to Monday 6:00 A.M.
Officials said multiple parking areas were being identified on both sides of the bridge by the Cyberabad Traffic Police and Hyderabad Traffic Police in coordination with the GHMC.
As the visitors are coming majorly on two sides of the bridge (ITC Kohinoor side and Road No 45 side), multiple parking areas were identified on both sides in coordination with GHMC and TSIIC.
Installation of signage, deploying security guards, setting up a police outpost, closure of the D-Mart U-turn, installation of speed breakers, installation of surveillance cameras and public address system and sliding gates at the entry and exit of the bridge too were also discussed.
The coordination meeting was attended by GHMC zonal commissioner, Ravi Kiran and DCP Traffic SM Vijay Kumar apart from CH Nagaraju of Irrigation Department, M. Sandesh Kumar, District Fire Officer, EV&DM, and others.
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