India, Aug. 11 -- Earlier in May, citizens of Hyderabad showed up at the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park to protest against the Telangana Government's decision to build a flyover over the Eco-Sensitive Zone of the park. The government had planned 4 flyovers between 10 and 14 meters high that would have cut across the park.

The flyovers were designed as part of the Congress-led Telangana government's Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure (H-CITI) project. The project was earmarked Rs 2,654 crore this year in the state budget and involves the development of seven flyovers and seven underpasses around KBR National Park. The government hopes that the project will reduce traffic and help develop signal-less ju...