Massive Traffic Jam in Hyderabad on Thursday Amid Swearing-in Ceremony of CM Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad: Even though the Hyderabad Traffic Police had issued a detailed advisory marking route changes in wake of the swearing-in ceremony of Telangana CM Revanth Reddy at LB Stadium on Thursday, a massive traffic jam forced MLAs to walk to the venue. The gridlock around the L.B. stadium, Lakdi-ka-pul, and the adjoining areas of Hyderabad spilled over and vehicles heading to Masab Tank, Mehdipatnam, and MJ Market also moved at snail's pace for hours.

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who was on her way to administer the oath of office to the new Chief Minister, was also struck in the traffic, while several MLAs had to walk to the venue. The Hyderabad City Police later took to X (formerly Twitter) asking people to avoid the LB stadium route. “Telangana Governor also stuck in traffic outside LB Stadium ahead of #RevanthReddy swearing in as Chief Minister,” said one of the posts on X.

“Due to Oath of New CM of TS at LB Stadium & VIP movement, vehicle movement is slow from Battery Line, Bazar Ghat, Ek Minar, Nampally X road, towards Public Garden, Gun Park, Assembly. Nampally Traffic police are available and regulating traffic,” read the post by the Hyderabad Traffic police.

Traffic snarls from Lakdikapul to Nizam College prompted students of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) appearing for an exam at the Nizam College to Tweet to the traffic officials. “There is a traffic logjam from Lakdikapul to Nizam College. Exam starts at 2:00 PM and google map is showing 40 mins to reach Nizam College. @OfficialIGNOU there is an exam today. Request IGNOU to take a note of the traffic jam and allow students if they are late to the exam.” said one of the X users.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Anumula Revanth Reddy has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Telangana amid a massive public gathering at Lal Bahadur Stadium, in Hyderabad.