The Times of India            13.09.2013

Mayor inaugurates Ellisbridge flyover

AHMEDABAD: After much dillydallying and politicking, the Ellisbridge flyover was finally inaugurated on Wednesday by mayor Meenaxi Patel. Construction work on this flyover was over some time ago but its formal inauguration had become a headache for the BJP ruled Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

The political bosses of the AMC had tried to get senior BJP leader and Gandhinagar MP, L K Advani, and also chief minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the flyover. But every effort for a grand inauguration by senior BJP leaders failed one after another and the inauguration kept getting postponed.

Taking advantage of the internal tussle in the BJP, Congress leaders in the AMC 'stormed' the flyover last week and 'forcibly' threw it open for public use. The Congressmen also installed a plaque dedicating the bridge to 'Shaheed Kinnariwala' . But the AMC was quick to undo this Congress 'inauguration' and it got the bridge blocked for public use with the help of the police.

On Thursday, the mayor quietly inaugurated the bridge, though its name is yet to be decided.