Constructed in 1994 by APSRTC on nearly 18 acres leased from the GHMC, MGBS was once hailed as a model of urban transport planning

xHyderabad: The devastating floods that paralysed Hyderabad this week have turned the spotlight once again on decades of neglect of the Musi river — most strikingly, the decision to build the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) and the adjoining Metro station right in the middle of the river on Imlibun Island.

Constructed in 1994 by APSRTC on nearly 18 acres leased from the GHMC, MGBS was once hailed as a model of urban transport planning. Today, it stands accused by experts of violating the River Conservation Act. The latest flood chaos, which submerged key city corridors, has exposed the grave risk of placing massive infrastructure inside a river system.

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