Authorities in Hyderabad (the capital of India's Telangana state) have quietly abandoned a plan to build 14 flyovers and underpasses around Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park after a simple conversion to one-way traffic around the park resolved longstanding gridlock at no cost. The reversal came only after dozens of mature trees had already been felled or relocated and construction work had begun under the city's H-CITI infrastructure scheme, raising questions about the government's planning process and priorities. Critics argue the episode reflects a broader pattern in the city of pursuing expensive, carbon-intensive road projects while neglecting public transport — a strategy that has cost over ₹7,000 crore (roughly $840 million) in concrete structures over the past decade with limited impact on congestion.