Gachibowli is a suburb of

Hyderabad, Telangana Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. W ...

, India, located in the

Serilingampally Serilingampally, also known as Lingampally, is a major suburb located in the north western part of Hyderabad City. It is the headquarters of the Serilingamapally mandal in the Ranga Reddy district of the Indian state of Telangana It is admin ...

mandal of the

Rangareddy district Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, ...

. It is situated about 5 km away from

HITEC City The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Tela ...

, another IT hub. Gachibowli is home to numerous tech companies and residential units. It has a vast area and is dotted with rocky surface and hillocks all around.

Etymology

The word ‘Gachi’ means

lime mortar Lime mortar or torching is composed of lime and an aggregate such as sand, mixed with water. The ancient Egyptians were the first to use lime mortars, which they used to plaster their temples. In addition, the Egyptians also incorporated various ...

and ‘bowli’ comes from the word ‘baoli’ which means a well. Thus the area ‘Gachibowli’ is named after the presence of a well plastered with

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

. The

Asaf Jahi The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad. The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Persian culture, language, and literature, the famil ...

period 200 year old Gachibowli Stepwell, next to Jama Masjid-E-Dilawarsha Begum, was revived and inaugurated in November 2021.

Gachibowli- ORR Junction

There are multi-level flyovers at the Outer Ring Road entrance at the Gachibowli Junction, which are constructed as part of Strategic Road Development Program (SRDP). As per 2022 traffic study conducted by the

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the GHMC is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

(GHMC), the peak hour traffic at Gachibowli junction stands at 9,806 PCU (

Passenger Car Unit Passenger car equivalent (PCE) or passenger car unit (PCU) is a metric used in transportation engineering, to assess traffic-flow rate on a highway. A passenger car equivalent is essentially the impact that a mode of transport has on traffic var ...

)/per hour. By 2036, the same junction is estimated to face a traffic of 17,711 PCU/hour. The four-lane bi-directional flyover from Shilpa Layout to the Outer Ring Road near Gachibowli Junction was inaugurated on 25 November 2022. This 823-metre-long, 16.60-metre-wide flyover has two twin steel girders. Some spans of this flyover are placed across the existing Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover. The 2.81-km long flyover at Shilpa Layout is the second longest four-lane bi-directional flyover in Hyderabad. The construction of another six-lane bidirectional flyover in the direction of the Kondapur side towards ORR at the second level crossing, Gachibowli Junction is expected to complete by December 2023. This flyover will be 816 metres long and 24 metres wide. File:Gachibowli flyover.jpg, existing Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover File:View from Nehru outer ring road 3114.JPG, ORR entrance at the Gachibowli Junction in 2012 File:Gachibowli 15022015.jpg, ORR entrance at the Gachibowli Junction in 2015 File:Gachibowli Flyover2022.jpg, Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover in 2022

Cityscape

File:Amazon campus in Financial district.jpg, Amazon campus in Financial district.jpg File:Q-City building in Financial district.jpg, Q-city File:Icici bank financial district hyderabad.jpg, ICICI bank financial district hyderabad File:Waverock buildings in Financial district (2).jpg, Waverock buildings File:Care hospital, Hyderabad.jpg, CARE Hospitals, Gachibowli

Schools and Colleges

One campus of

CHIREC International CHIREC International Papaya is a K–12 school located in Hyderabad, India. The school was founded in 1989 by Mrs. Ratna D. Reddy. There are three campuses. The main campus is located in Kondapur, pre-primary campus in Jubilee Hills and a th ...

is situated in Gachibowli. The Gachibowli branch, which caters to students from Grades 1 through 3, was inaugurated in 2012. Kendriya Vidyalaya is also situated in Gachibowli.

Maulana Azad National Urdu University Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University (India), Central University located in the city of Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of ...

is also located in Gachibowli. There is one off-campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad in Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Center, Gachibowli. Blue Blocks Pre School and

National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management The National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management is an Indian hospitality university. The campus is located on a 30-acre expanse. It is located in the Business and Education hub in Gachibowli of Hyderabad with a built-up area of abo ...

is also situated in Gachibowli.

References

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Etymology

Gachibowli- ORR Junction

Cityscape

Schools and Colleges

See also

References