hyderabad its like a circus if you want to take the short cut route to miralamandi from yakatpura you have to pass through baigankakhatha which is a very narrow lane with a crumbling boundary wall on one side and residential buildings on the othertravelling on the road for both motorists and pedestrians is a nightmare for residents of yakatpura the lane falls in pathergatti municipal division and the condition has been the same since eight years now the road if one may call it that is around 100 metres in length and is so narrow that only one vehicle a twowheeler at that can ply at any given timeseveral hundreds of pedestrians take the route up and down the slippery steps every day in order to avoid going all around for two kilometres to reach durashawar in yakutpura the steps lead to an open land where garbage is dumped and never picked up by civic workers a fallen tree protrudes on to the edge of the wall when it rains it is a nightmarish experience for people since water flows down along with garbage and collects on the roadfor those who have vehicles it is easier but the worst sufferers are old and young women who frequently pass through this area m fatima a resident said every time we run the danger of either slipping from the stairs or getting hit by a vehicle she said the lane takes a blind curve and one cannot see vehicles approaching making the spot accident prone small and big accidents in this area has become a common phenomenonbut the residents are also lazy to go and pursue the matter with the authoritieswe have informed the authorities but no alternate route has been provided so far a resident saidstreet lights in the lane do not function and the whole of baigankakhatha has only one phase of electricity