To ease the anticipated traffic congestion at Idgah roundabout and in front of St Stephen's hospital after completion of the much-delayed Rani Jhansi Grade Separator, an ambitious flyover project in north Delhi, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) held a meeting on Friday with all the stakeholders to discuss the issue.
The Chairperson of Standing Committee Veena Virmani said after detail deliberations, it was decided that after the Grade Separator would be commissioned, traffic flow would be monitored at both the sides without functioning traffic signal.
Virmani further said traffic flow would be monitored for next 15 days from both the sides with and without traffic signal. "After successful trail, it would be implemented in future.
The meeting was attended by officials of NMC, Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning & Engineering) Centre, Traffic Police, and Public Works Department. On June 23 last month, lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal inspected the site of and directed various departments to complete the work ahead of August 15.
The 1.6-km-long flyover from near St Stephen's Hospital to Filmistaan Cinema, was originally scheduled to be completed by 2010, but has missed several deadlines.
The continuous deadline breach has escalated the project cost by Rs 547 crore more than the originally sanctioned one. The cost originally was pegged at Rs 177 crore that further increased to Rs 724 crore.
Once opened, it will benefit residents of areas like ISBT Kashmere Gate, Mori Gate, Shakti Nagar, Karol Bagh, Gulabi Bagh, Kamla Nagar, Sadar Bazar, Paharganj, and Azad Market.