The Rs 34 crore Kidderpore flyover will finally be inaugurated on Wednesday after a delay spanning more than a decade and missing several deadlines. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will throw it open to vehicular traffic during the day.
The 550 metre flyover has been constructed with a prefabricated steel structure. It will take off around Fancy Market on Circular Garden Reach Road at one end and come down near the approach to Vidyasagar Setu close to Hastings at the other. From there, commuters can either take Race Course Road or AJC Bose Road. They would also be able to take Diamond Harbour Road from below the flyover. This project of the state transport department project was executed by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC).
The flyover project was conceived by the state transport department a decade ago. Several factors came in the way of building it on time. After missing several deadlines to start work for almost a decade, construction work began in January this year. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and transport minister Subhas Chakraborty had to intervene to get the project started and completed.
HRBC finally gave the contract to Mackintosh Burn Limited, a state public sector undertaking, to execute the Rs 34 crore project.
Source:The Times Of India,16-10-07
