Hyderabad: As streets brim, lake overflow hits airport traffic

HYDERABAD: Following Monday’s heavy rain, the route to Shamshabad and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) via the PVNR Expressway was briefly disrupted on Tuesday after Appa Cheruvu started overflowing on National Highway 44 near Ganganpahad village. While the traffic was diverted to the Outer Ring Road (ORR), it was opened for two-way traffic around 2 pm.

The Appa Cheruvu is a small water body between Jalpally lake and Premavathi lake. An under-construction flyover near Gaganpahad added to the woes of commuters as the road turned extremely narrow, leading to vehicular congestion on one of the busiest stretches of NH-44 that links the city to the RGIA in Shamshabad.