Hyderabad, April 9 -- The city is set to see a major push to decongest one of its most important arterial routes, as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) plans a Rs 120 crore model corridor project on the road from Shaikpet to Masab Tank. The corridor links Gachibowli and the IT hub on the west to Mehdipatnam and the Old City area and is notorious for its traffic woes.

The stretch between Tolichowki, Shaikpet, NMDC and Masab Tank regularly experiences congestion owing to a heavy volume of vehicles, inadequate width of roads, encroachments, poor design of intersections and frequent flooding. Even though there are flyovers, traffic tends to accumulate at the points of entry and exit of the corridors.

In order to mitigate the...