The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday hastily repaired the portion of the Palasuni flyover, which had sunk on NH-16 between Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Sunday evening.
The affected portion of the flyover has been barricaded and policemen have been deployed to manage the heavy vehicular traffic. Sources said the affected portion would be opened for traffic on Tuesday.
The flyover which was commissioned nearly a year ago and constructed by Simplex Constructions is a lifeline for commuters travelling between Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
Irate locals alleged that due to poor quality construction, inferior quality of materials used and lack of supervision by the NHAI authorities, the flyover sank.
They said they are apprehensive that there are severe structural problems in the flyover and they are now afraid to commute on it. They demanded a high-level team of technical experts to look into the lapses which might have occurred during construction for safety of the thousands of commuters and vehicles.
Besides, they demanded action against the officials concerned as well as the contractor for flaws in execution of the project.