Hyderabad twin blasts: Dilsukhnagar, a 'mini-Andhra' and city's commercial, educational hub

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Sreenivas Janyala: Hyderabad, Feb 22 2013, 01:48 IST

Dilsukhnagar, where the blasts occurred Thursday, is a busy residential, commercial and educational hub of Hyderabad where the twin blasts occurred on Thursday.

It is home to a population of nearly 20 lakh, hailing mostly from the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the Mumbai highway, 15 km from the heart of Hyderabad.

Dilsukhnagar is often referred to as mini-Andhra, just as Kukatpally, on the other side of the city, is known as for its migrant population. There are hundreds of computer, software and hardware institutes, and civil services coaching centres in the area.

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The Dilsukhnagar bus stop is one of the biggest and busiest in the city, connecting to all areas of Hyderabad, IT city and towns on the outskirts in Ranga Reddy and Medak districts. All state transport and private buses for the coastal districts pass through Dilsukhnagar.

The famous Sai Baba temple is located close to the bus stop. The fruit and vegetable market as well as the “rythu bazar” (farmers’ market) in Dilsukhnagar is one of the biggest in the state.

A few years ago, Dilsukhnagar was an enclave on the outskirts of the city, developed by real estate developers and builders of Vijayawada using the agriculture surplus riches from Krishna, East and West Godavari and Guntur district. It was then merged into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

Some of the biggest shopping malls of Hyderabad are on the Dilsukhnagar main road, which is also

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sprout1932 | 23-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

A rule must be enforced as it is in many countries a proper identity card with photograph and finger prints must be carried by every person. On Every busy business street the police patrol cars must move every now and then and check every person and vehicle. even the public or part time student who has a clean slate may be recruited to check and inform the concerned when in doubt.This way you can avoid these kind of terrorists attacks.Find a solution than passing lip sympathy and giving money to the family who has lost a precious life. This money will not be enough at all to run their own lives because if alive the person will take care of the whole family. Oh! My careless hearted leaders arise! awake at least Now at least.

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GOPI KRISHNA | 22-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

govt should be quickly hang that criminals.then only insured people n thier familes and died people souls will be happy.

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vaidya | 22-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

Govt will work here based on vote bank calculations. Indian constitution is crippled with Casticism, Secularism, regionalism, votism, terrorism. If a train runs on a distorted track it is bound to fall. It is high time to go for root cause analysis now. We need to know where is the fault... is it inside terrorists? Is it inside Pakistan? Is it inside Islam ? Or our government is too illiterate to defend the common citizens?