The flyover arrived after three deadlines
The Saidabad steel bridge opened on September 3, after reported completion targets in 2022, June 2025 and June 2026.
The Saidabad steel bridge opened on September 3 after three reported completion targets were missed.
Hyderabad’s Saidabad steel bridge finally opened on September 3, giving commuters a 3.32-km four-lane link from the Chanchalguda Jail Junction–Government Printing Press area to Santosh Nagar. The reported project cost is Rs 620 crore. The bridge is intended to ease movement through Chanchalguda, Saidabad, IS Sadan, Champapet, Kanchanbagh and Malakpet. Hyderabad has acquired another flyover. It had to wait its turn behind three deadlines.
A December 2025 report said the project was originally due in 2022. A revised June 30, 2025 deadline was missed, followed by a new June 2026 target. On March 24, GHMC Commissioner R.V. Karnan reportedly called June the “firm deadline”. The inauguration came on September 3. Reports cite Covid, court cases, land and property acquisition issues, and 148 religious structures among the obstacles; the available research does not establish that the Congress government alone caused the delay.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said the BRS government broke ground but contributed no money to construction. That remains a political claim until project-finance records are published. Officials estimate the bridge could cut some journeys to about five minutes, but no post-opening traffic study or travel-time data has been published. The bridge is open; the paperwork explaining its history is still taking the longer route.