There are various modes of transportation available inEluru, a city in theIndian state ofAndhra Pradesh, and its region. It includes auto rickshaws, bicycles to mass transit systems – such as buses and trains. The city was once famed for its traffic problems with the railway gates atVatluru,Venkatraopet,Powerpet, Old bus stand and Eastern Locks areas. When the National Highway passed through the city, the traffic hurried to pass over the railway gates in the city and outskirts, which makes traffic worse.[1]
To avoid the traffic congestion, the government of India constructed a mini bypass road connecting Eastern locks andVatluru on both ends of the city. Even then, the traffic problem was not resolved. The main bypass road (which was constructed under Golden Quadrilateral programme which was completed in the late 1990s) had only 10,000 vehicles pass through the bypass road; now it has almost doubled.[2]
Traffic in the city of narrow lanes was growing by the day. Even though officials constructed an underbridge atVenkatraopet railway gate and a railway overbridge at old bus stand besides the foot bridge atPowerpet was replaced by another bridge, but the traffic has doubled, without giving any relief to citizens. There are 93 traffic centres identified in the city.[3]
The city has a total road length of 227.09 km (141.11 mi).[4] The traffic uses bypassNational Highway 16,GNT road[5] and mini-bypass roads. The expansion of mini-bypass road 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) into 4-Lanes is under planning, which once completed, would connect nearby suburbs.[6] There are a couple of highways that pass through the city connecting Eluru to major cities inIndia. TheGNT Road is a 15-kilometre (9.3 mi), six-lane road and Bypass road (NH-16) 20-kilometre (12 mi)[7][8] serves major portion of traffic in Eluru, whereas Bypass road is going to be made into 10-lane (6+4) which makes traffic ease betweenEluru andVijayawada.[9]
Sanivarapupeta road, Ramachandra Rao Pet main road, Powerpet Station road, Court Centre Road, Rama Mahal Centre Road, ASR Stadium road, Kannaya Park Road, Kotadibba Road are some of the arterial roads of the city.[10]
Auto rickshaws are also one of the important modes of public transport in the city.[11][12] The main bus terminus is located in the south-western part of the city.Eluru is the regional headquarters of the state run bus services,APSRTC. It operates buses fromEluru Old[13] andEluru New bus stations.[14] The services include,Palle Velugu for rural areas, CNG buses for long-distance services. Train Transit is another common mode of transport for long-distance travel.Eluru railway station is the main railway station inSouth Central Railway zone.[15][16] Government is planning to run more suburban trains betweenVijayawada–Eluru–Rajahmundry, apart from Vijayawada –Kakinada passenger[17] and Vijayawada – RajahmundryMEMU.[18]Powerpet,[19]Vatluru,[20]Sitampet,[21]Denduluru,Bhimadole railway stations[22] are the other railway stations in the city.
Indian National Waterway 4 (NW-4) is under development. The(NW-4) (NW-4) runs along theCoromandal Coast throughKakinada, Eluru, Commanur,Buckingham Canal, and part of theKrishna andGodavari rivers inSouth India.[23]
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