The state government has woken up to the problems commuters are facing due to jams at key crossings along EM Bypass and is going to build a flyover to skirt the chaos in front of Ruby General Hospital.

This crossing has become terribly overcrowded in recent years with the car count to Salt Lake, airport and Rajarhat taking a sharp upward curve. It's not just peak office hours, the situation is often nightmarish at night also. "The growing vehicular pressure is causing severe congestion on EM Bypass, especially at points where the connectors meet it. There is no option but to build a flyover at the Ruby hospital crossing," a senior transport department official said.

The 690 metre flyover will ease traffic flow along the bypass and act as a pressure valve for Rashbehari connector that leads to Ruby Hospital rotary. Once the flyover is built, an official said, commuters headed from Science City headed towards Garia Patuli can soar over the traffic without having to face traffic snarls at the Ruby rotary. And those who want to take the Rashbehari connector can avoid the flyover and approach the Ruby rotary along the Bypass from either Garia Patuli or Science City.