A 390-metre pedestrian skywalk with 13 elevators and five entry/exit points meant to serve roughly 50,000 daily pedestrians has remained under construction for over five years, with an HMDA officer's June 2024 promise of "completion by the end of the month" still unmet as of April 2026. Citizens have separately criticised its design for low clearance forcing pedestrians to crouch, poorly placed pillars, and traffic-jam-inducing barrier blocks near the busy junction.
On record
The official record states: "No detailed public explanation for the multi-year delay was found; HMDA has repeatedly given informal completion-date promises that were not met."
Filed as "Never opened / under repeat delay" and dated to Construction started 2021; still incomplete as of April 2026, this entry sits under the "₹32.97 crore" line of the public accounts.
What to expect
- Panoramic views of the traffic you could have walked through faster.
- A staircase that commits fully to the journey, not the destination.
- Excellent ventilation, owing to sections without a roof.
- An 'EXIT' sign pointing at something load-bearing.
Sourcing
2 public sources — news reports, RTI replies and civic archives — corroborate this entry. The citation trail is listed below for anyone who would like to follow up with the department concerned.
“The work stopped; the tenders to study why it stopped did not.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.telanganatribune.com/mehdipatnam-skywalk-project-remains-stagnant-after-three-years/
- https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/three-years-on-mehdipatnam-skywalk-project-still-crawling-886224
Visitor reviews
“Made the trip after a colleague swore it was worth seeing. It has been re-inaugurated more times than I have visited.”
“Went past three times before I was sure I had the right spot. The budget document is visibly thicker than the deck.”
“Visited with the kids, who found the whole thing hilarious. It is 'temporarily' closed, in the municipal sense of temporary.”
