Mehdipatnam skywalk nears completion, operational by March 2026

After years of anticipation and delays, Hyderabad’s second skywalk at Mehdipatnam is entering its final stretch. 

The project is over 90 per cent complete, with finishing works currently underway to make it operational by this March, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) officials confirmed.

A brainchild of former BRS MA&UD Minister, K T Rama Rao, the Mehdipatnam skywalk initiative was taken to ease heavy traffic congestion, on the lines of city’s first skywalk at Uppal.

The BRS government launched major efforts to procure the necessary defence land, which



included multiple visits by K T Rama Rao to New Delhi to meet Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. 

The approval and transfer of nearly 3,380 square yards of defence land finally concluded last year, clearing the way for the project’s completion.

The steel pedestrian skywalk between Humayun Nagar Police Station and Rythu Bazar, and from Gudi Malkapur Traffic Junction to the Mehdipatnam bus bay, has been completed. 

Work on a foot-over-bridge connecting Mehdipatnam Rythu Bazar and the bus bay, near the Defence area (towards Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital), is expected to commence soon.