Pedestrians at the Mehdipatnam junction have become a victim of the on-again and off-again relations between the Centre and the State, as vouched by the incomplete skywalk at the junction.
While its more fortunate cousin at Uppal is complete in all respects and ready for launch, the skywalk at Mehdipatnam has been suffering a lot of birthing pains. Initially, it was the design that posed challenges, owing to the trouble circumventing the express way, and later, it is the intransigence of the Defence authorities in parting with the military property required for construction.
Multiple correspondences with the military authorities and the Defence Minister yielded no result, which is apparent from the exasperation displayed by Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao during his interaction with the national media on this and other issues pertaining to creation of civic infrastructure in the city.
