Deep excavation works under the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP) in Hyderabad have continued for months despite the monsoon, causing inconvenience to commuters. Nagar, where excavation has reduced the carriageway to a narrow stretch for motorists travelling from B.N. Reddy Nagar and Hastinapuram towards Bairamalguda and the L.B. The ban, however, is not adhered to when it comes to the civil works related to the respective municipal corporations. Engineering officials from SNDP wing explained that the works pertained to a storm water drain from Sagar road up to Bairamalguda Lake.