To know about the live traffic status in Hyderabad, You can access the site http://www.htis.in/live.htm
This site allows you to search for directions within the city. Though the information is not as clear as in the Google and Yahoo Maps(for US), it provides text based route information with the distance.
The best feature in this site is Carpool. If you travel alone in car everyday to office and not able to bear the fuel cost, you can apply for Carpool and someone traveling in that route everyday will contact you to share your burden.
I feel this will be very useful.
