Northern Railway has been ceaselessly working throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period to support the nation to fight the pandemic. General Manager Northern & North Central Railways Rajiv Chaudhry informed that the lockdown period was used as an opportunity to carry out maintenance works. Several steps towards safe train operations has taken. There are large numbers of old road over bridges / foot over bridges (ROB/FOBs) in the Delhi area which needs to be strengthened / repaired / rehabilitated. The inspection of these ROB/FOBs carried out and it was observed that large number of ROB/FOBs needs reinforcement / repair.
The work of strengthening / Repair /Rehabilitation of ROB/FOBs in Delhi Area taken up in a “Mission Mode” The repair work was very challenging due to high frequency of trains in electrified section, heavy road traffic, availability of less block period and encroachment etc.. With meticulous planning and execution a total number of 16 road over bridge/ foot over bridges in Delhi Area viz; Pul Mithai, Delhi Sadar Bazar, Delhi Kishan Ganj, Dayabasti, Shakurbasti, Ashok Vihar , Anand Parvat, Queens Road, Inder Puri , Lajpat Nagar, Delhi Sarai Rohilla , Mathura Road , Liberty , Narayana , Safdarjong / Chanakyapuri and Jangpura have been repaired/ rehabilitate / strengthened successfully during the last six months to ensure safety.