Experts Urge Impact Assessment Before KBR Park One-Way Traffic Plan

Public policy experts and environmentalists in Hyderabad have urged city police to conduct a detailed impact assessment before rolling out a one-way traffic system around KBR Park from August 18.

In a representation submitted to Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar, public policy expert Donthi Narasimha Reddy raised concerns regarding how the traffic changes will affect thousands of daily commuters, pedestrians, women, elderly citizens, children, and workers employed in nearby offices and commercial establishments.

The area surrounding KBR Park houses several major hospitals and healthcare facilities, including cancer-care centres that serve large numbers of poor and middle-class patients. Reddy noted that authorities must specifically evaluate how the one-way routing will affect patient access, ambulance movement, and affordable public transit routes serving these medical centres.

Save KBR Park organiser Philip Joshua also demanded that all relevant government agencies review multiple factors before enforcing the route change, including accessibility, public transport frequency and timings, pedestrian safety, hospital connectivity, women's safety, and first- and last-mile transit links.