The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is all set to inaugurate a multi-level smart parking lot at Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Park in Hyderabad on Saturday. | Photo credit: NAGARA GOPAL
The Mercedes Benz S-Class is 5.46 meters long, the Scorpio 4.5 meters and the BMW 7 Series about 5.4 meters. These are some of the models of cars and SUVs that can be seen lining the 8.5 km outer periphery of the elite national park known as Kasu Brahmananda Reddy park in Banjara Hills. So can an automated parking lot that can fit 72 vehicles solve the problem?
“Those who visit KBR park will use this facility. Right now they are parking on the road, especially in the morning till about 8-9, now they will have a place to park and the road will be free – thus the congestion in the morning will be eased. Sometimes some of the pedestrians will park their vehicles till 9 in the morning, this affects the morning rush hour traffic on that stretch,” said Praffickash Gos Hill when asked Traffickash Gos Hills. about the device.
The park and its surrounding residential and commercial area became a contested zone as traffic in the area multiplied. Once quiet residential areas have turned into commercial hubs with offices, cafes and gourmet restaurants popping up all over the area from Yousufguda to Film Nagar, Rd No. 36 and Rd No. 45 Jubilee Hills. This unregulated growth, defying residential zoning standards, has made it a traffic jam.
“In my opinion, parking will not help. Parking cars are a problem in evening traffic. In the morning, at 10 am, the road is empty of parked cars,” says Aasheesh Pittie, an author and nature watcher whose office overlooks the sprawling national park. “More than anything else, the towering billboard matches the brightness of the setting sun from Route 14 and blinds motorists in the evening,” he questions the need to build a parking lot near the buffer zone of the national park. The national park has a core zone and a buffer zone where a walkway has been built.
As part of the park is covered by a flashing billboard, on the other side of the park, citizens hope that the park will remain as it is. “My class has a tradition that we go to the park at the end of the month. We play games, try to find peacocks, listen to the calls of birds. It’s so beautiful that we can do this because our school is very close. My children look forward to it every month and even count down the days until the visit,” says teacher IV. class of Khushbow Vidya Niketan park which is in Nabundtting.
Published – 29 Nov 2025 20:40 IST
