The Times of India 27.08.2012
Work on two flyovers yet to begin
BHOPAL: Not even a single brick has been laid at the construction sites
of the two flyovers to be constructed from the GAD square to the Moti
Masjid in the old city.Both bridges are to be built under the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).
The Bhopal
Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken measurements and mapped the areas
where the pillars are to be installed, BMC officials said. Even after
the delay, they expect that the work is likely to be completed by 2013.”The construction of all bridges will be completed by 2013. We have
taken measurement and mapped the areas where the pillars should be
installed at the GAD square flyover. Similarly, the construction of the
Moti-Masjid flyover will begin soon. The work was delayed as some
formalities for this FOB were pending,” BMC commissioner Rajneesh
Shrivastava told TOI.However, flaw in the design has caused yet
another one month delay in the construction of the flyover to be built
from Curfew Mata Mandir to Moti-Masjid, BMC sources revealed.Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid foundation stones to commence
the construction of these two bridges in January this year, but the work
is yet to begin.
The two-lane Moti-Masjid fly-over bridge will
be around 640 m long and 10 m wide. This bridge will extend from Curfew
Mata Mandir to Moti-Masjid and is costing around Rs. 15.11 crore. The
GAD fly-over bridge is a four-lane bridge with length of 560 m and width
of 16 m. It is costing around Rs 17.45 crore and will from Hamidia
hospital to GAD square.Rail over-bridge (ROB)The ROB
construction at the Habibganj was delayed due to the opposition form
the Bhopal School of Social Science (BSSS). The BSSS administration
opposed the first design of the ROB because, as per the old design, the
education institution would have to demolish its girl’s hostel building.
On the other hand, the corporation did not approve the design proposed
by the BSSS administration.However, despite problems in the new
design, the corporation has begun the construction of the bridge as per
the new design, which passes from between the college building and the
girl’s hostel. The bridge is expected to be over by 2013.
The
trumpet-shaped bridge is 24 m long and 990 m long. The bridge is to be
completed in two years at an estimated cost of Rs 38.62 crore. The ROB
is constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to complete the 24-km long Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor in Bhopal.The ROB to come up at Habibganj under-bridge will bifurcate in two
directions. One extending from RRL tri-junction to Arera Colony near the
Ganesh temple crossing the railway line and the other will connect RRL
tri-junction to the Bhopal fracture hospital.