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State Government | Maharashtra - India | PID: 164863
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Even as work on three flyovers in the city is in various stages, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to build two more within municipal limits. The first one will connect Ashok Square (on Great Nag Road) with Agrasen Square (on Central Avenue) while the second will be from Indora Square (on Kamptee Road) to Pachpaoli Square
NHAI regional officer M Chandrashekhar told the length of the first flyover was 1 km and it will cost Rs 213 crore. The second one is 1.5 km long and will cost Rs 243 crore. Work on both projects will start in six months, he said
Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari wants NHAI to build another two flyovers. The first is from Mayo Hospital to Satranjipura. It will be 5 km long and will cost about Rs 300 crore. The second will connect RTO Square to University Campus Square. Its length will be 2 km and cost about Rs 200 crore
NHAI regional office is against these structures because Mayo Hospital-Satranjipura flyover passes through busy market area and too many shops will have to be demolished for it. A lot of people will have to be displaced for constructing the second one too. The final decision in this regard will be taken by the NHAI head office
Commenting on the three already sanctioned flyovers, Chandrashekhar said there was a delay in starting work on 7 km long Pardi flyover due to land acquisition problems. There is a lot of encroachment on the land needed plus some religious structures will have to be relocated. It will take another two and half years to build, he added
The soil testing for Liberty Cinema to Mental Hospital square flyover has started and it will take three years to complete. Survey for new Khapri railway overbridge (ROB) has also started and it would be completed in one and half years
| Updated on: 23 - Mar - 2017
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