Traffic movement from Allwyn Junction toward Miyapur, in Hyderabad.
| Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G
The Allwyn X roads turns into a ribbon of red tail-lights stretching as far as the eye can see in the evening. It is the same through the day as cars inch forward in jerks, buses block the free turns, auto-rickshaws weave desperately through narrow gaps, and two-wheelers squeeze along the edges in search of escape.
This junction is one of Hyderabad’s busiest connectors, linking the western IT corridor and industrial hubs with the eastern residential sprawl. According to Miyapur traffic police, more than 5 lakh vehicles pass through every day, with jams stretching 600 metres to a kilometre in each direction during the peak hours.
“The road leading up to the junction after Hafeezpet flyover is narrow (about 54 to 60 feet), with no scope for widening, and the number of vehicles is only increasing by the day. When you push these many vehicles into such a narrow stretch, congestion is inevitable,” said Miyapur Traffic Inspector G. Prashanth. “The signal cycle is 180 seconds, with 60 seconds for each side. By the time one side clears, the backlog on the other side has already built up again.
Traffic movement from Allwyn Junction toward Miyapur, in Hyderabad.
| Photo Credit:
RAMAKRISHNA G
The official added that the worst congestion occurs between 8.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m., and again between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. “There are IT employees and other office goers from the Gachibowli side as well as the industrial crowd from Bollaram, Bachupally and BDL Bhanur. Many of them are headed towards residential hubs in Ameenpur, Chandanagar, Kukatpally, Allwyn Colony and Pragathi Nagar. With so many residential complexes along this corridor, local commuters have little choice but to use the same road,” he explained.
Few know this better than B. Ramakrishna, an Assistant Professor at Osmania University, who crosses the junction twice a day. “I take that road every day, from Madinaguda to Miyapur and back in the evening. Crossing the junction from the Miyapur side is a tortuous experience. It always takes at least two green signals. Even on a good day, I lose over ten minutes here,” he said.
The chaos, he said, is made worse by buses and impatient drivers. “RTC buses wait in the leftmost lane for the green signal, blocking the free left. At Miyapur, there’s a U-turn barely 150 metres from the signal. People from the metro station side try to skip the signal and take that U-turn towards Bachupally, creating unnecessary jams for straight-going traffic,” he explained.
Commuters pass through Allwyn Junction, especially on the Miyapur–HITEC City- Gachibowli route, in Hyderabad.
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RAMAKRISHNA G
T. Siddharth, an IT professional working in Gachibowli, said the ripple effect of the junction extends all the way to Miyapur X roads, about 1 km away. “The stretch between Miyapur and Kukatpally has always been a nightmare. On some days, it takes over 30 minutes to cover just this patch even around 4 p.m.,” he said.
Adding to the woes is the unending construction activity in and around Allwyn junction, particularly high-rises and residential projects, that have been driving a building boom in Miyapur since at least 2021.
Relief may be some distance away, but plans are under way. As part of the larger H-CITI project to ease congestion on the Mumbai Highway, a six-lane bidirectional flyover between Miyapur X Road and Allwyn X road is expected to be floated for tender within three months. A three-lane underpass from Lingampally to Gachibowli is also on the cards. Proposed in 2024, the project carries an estimated cost of ₹530 crore.
In the meantime, traffic police officials are relying on temporary measures. “Three officers each are deployed at Allwyn and Miyapur junctions. We are manually regulating signals depending on the flow to manage the chaos during peak hours,” Mr. Prashanth said.
Published – September 28, 2025 07:23 pm IST
