Hyderabad: Retired banker’s sketch puts Ladki-Ka-Pul’s one-way traffic plan in motion

HYDERABAD A 73-year-old retired bank employee’s hand-drawn map has given Hyderabad Traffic Police an idea they are now seriously examining — a one-way traffic loop around Lakdi-ka-pul and Saifabad. What began as an email suggestion nearly a year ago has progressed to a traffic simulation study and inspections by senior police officers, even as the department explores similar arrangements at other congestion-prone locations across Hyderabad. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/flyovers-wont-fix-hyderabad-traffic-smarter-road-design-can-expert/article69671156.ece Palakodeti Chandrasekhar emailed the police with his proposal to reorganise traffic movement in the busy Lakdi-ka-pul stretch.

He was subsequently invited to the Police Commissioner’s office, where he explained the idea. Mr. Chandrasekhar also submitted a hand-drawn map, marking the proposed directions of traffic with arrows.

‘To the best of my ability’ “I am neither a police officer nor an engineer, and I am certainly no expert at drawing. I sketched the map to the best of my ability,” Mr. Chandrasekhar said.