HYDERABAD BLOG

September 09, 2007

Panjagutta Flyover collapse in Hyderabad


Today exactly around 6 to 6.30 PM the panjagutta flyover collapse and at least 10 to 15 people died in this incident. This incident happen due to heavy rain in the city and it nearly rained 3 hours continuously in the city.

Rain started around 5.10 pm and it started slowly and continued to heavy rain and exactly after 1 hour the panjagutta fly over collapsed. The exact location where fly over collapsed was near petrol bunk which at nagurjuna circle and almost near to LOFT show room.

Under collapsed flyover the 4 wheelers,auto rickshaw's and cab where there.

The injured were rushed to the NIMS Hospital. Cranes, gas cutting machines and ambulances have been rushed to the spot for rescue operations, city Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh, said.Among the dead were labourers working at the site and also those trapped in the vehicles, police said.At least 15 to 20 cars, autorikshaws and two wheelers were trapped under the debris, police said.

Reason : The fall of iron scaffolding led to the collapse of fly over near Punjagutta X roads.

The traffic at the busy junction came to standstill at Punjagutta, Begumpet and Raj Bhavan road following the collapse of the fly over.

Cartoon Of the Day---Chak De India


Chak de India which made Box office hit at Sliver screen and All thought some sorts of happy news will Indians bring to there home in cricket ,but at the end of the day(final match) the same old story repeats(Loses cup).
Now its time to Dravid to re think on his decisions when he on the filed as well as outside the field.

Shamshabad Airport

Shamshabad Airport also known as Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is under construction and its about 22km away from hyderabad. Its going to replace the current Begumpet airport.The group which is constructing the airport is "Hyderabad International Airport Limited (HIAL)"


Its scheduled open 2008 andit is the first public-private partnership in the Indian airport infrastructure sector, followed by Bengaluru(which changed its an name from Banglore).

The Shamshabad airport will be built on an area of 5,400 acres. The work on the flyover linking Mehdipatnam to the Shamshabad airport has started, and it is expected to be one of the biggest projects undertaken by Hyderabad Urban Development Association (HUDA). The flyover or bridge is called the Express Corridor, named P.V. Narasimha Rao Expressway, and will be 13 km long.

Checkout the rare snaps of Shamshabad Airport :





Great Discount Offer closes today in Big Bazar

There is an fabulous offer at Big Bazaar in Hyderabad and the offer closes by today. The offers is on Formal shoes,Red tape chapel's still so many on the queue....

Offers Snap Shot :

  • Shopper's Stop(Begumpet),
  • Loft shoe show room(Panjagutta),
  • Big Bazar(Ameerpet).

Safety first, entertainment next

All over the Hyderabad theaters alerted themselves with full security and also strict orders came from the city police to have the security tightened in the cine theaters, shopping malls and public places.

Lifestyle Security : "People are urged to switch of there mobiles and walk into the shopping mall"
Central Security : "Each and every bike,four wheeler is checked before entering into mall and also with metal detectors"

Theaters Security : "Manual checking all over the body with metal detectors "

You can see every where police in the city and late night checking are made mandatory and people are suggested to carry there ID cards or driving license during night travel in the City

Friendly Nature is the Buzzword roaming in Hyderabad

Ganesh festival or Vinayaka Chathurthi promises customer-friendly nature with an different offers from innovative traders.

Sweetest news in the city is if people choose eat sweets or buy them and can find themselves receiving ganesh idols with free of cost and this is called Friendly nature.

The sweet shop which giving free ganesh idols is Emerald Mithai Shop at Indira Park and its new branch at Kukatpally Housing Board and it is distributing 10-inch high clay Ganesha idols.

These idols specially made from Machilipatnam, popularly known as BANDHAR and its gaining attention of kids,women's and totally THE PUBLIC.

16 more buildings sealed by GHMC

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials on Friday closed down 16 more commercial establishments for failing to provide parking. With this a total of 43 establishments have been closed in the corporation’s sealing drive. The establishments closed on day five are: Laxmi Lodge at Narayanaguda, Badshah Multicuisine Restaurant at RTC crossroads, Swaraj Bar and Restaurant at Chikkadpally, Swaraj Lodge and Tiffin Centre at Chikkadpally, Zaithoon Bar and Restaurant at Humayun Nagar, Anupama Restaurant at Ameerpet, Nice Restaurant at Sanjeev Reddy Nagar, Spencer’s Super Market at Somajiguda, Majestic Corner at Ramkoti crossroads, Hotel Akbar Darbar, Natraj Hotel, Sri Devi Bar (Amrutha Bar and Restaurant) and Sohan Lal Tea Time at Abids, Rangoli Ice Cream near Hanuman Vyayamshala, Pizza Corner at Rasoolpura on SP road and Subway Restaurant at Rasoolpura on SP road.