Nallagandla flyover to be ready soon.

The work on Nallagandla flyover, which promises to address the problem of large volumes of traffic on the old highway to Mumbai, has entered the final lap and is expected to be completed in next three months.

The Roads & Buildings Department, which has taken up the project in association with Railways, has completed the bridge portion and officials hope to have the work on landings taken care by August. There have been delays in completion of the project due to issues related to shifting of utilities such as drinking water pipelines and others, an official said.

The flyover taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 47 crore starts from the BHEL side and after crossing the railway tracks forks down with one landing going towards Tellapur-Nallagandla side and the other leading towards the old highway and for further driving down to Hitec City and Mehdipatnam. Spread over a length of 21 metres with a 7.50-metre carriageway, the bridge portion has been planned with 46 spans.

'There were some delays pertaining to shifting of drinking water pipeline at Mehdipatnam and Tellapur side which were recently completed. Also, the land for service road has been given to us now and we will hasten up the works on approaches,' said the official.


THE HINDU