The controversy over allowing barat in parks and memorials constructed by BSP Government is yet to die down when Samajwadi Party Government has started construction of a flyover at Mall Avenue here — just opposite to BSP office and former CM Mayawati’s residence.
“The construction of the flyover has started. The traffic has been diverted through Katai ka pool. The bridge will be constructed within 15 months’ time,” an official said on Thursday.
The flyover, to be constructed by Uttar Pradesh Bridges Corporation at an estimated cost of Rs40 crore, would be 15 m wide, 650 m long.
The State Government had made an announcement regarding construction of bridge during budget session.
When Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s attention was drawn towards BSP office and Mayawati’s residence that would stand cheek-an-jowl to the proposed over bridge he said: “If there is office so what. If anything comes in the way, even then flyover will be constructed, route will not be changed. Crossing is also there.”
Taking strong exception to the proposal to build the flyover on the road facing the party headquarters here, BSP member and leader of Opposition Swami Prasad Maurya had termed it as “politically motivated”.
“If there is really a need to ease the traffic, an overbridge should first come up on Vikramaditya Marg which has the residence of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and also has SP office,” Maurya had said.
“The Government should first worry about the traffic jam on the Vikramaditya Marg before thinking about loreto Convent-Telibagh route (on the road facing the BSP office)... if they do not do so, it would mean that they have wrong intentions for which they would have to pay a heavy price later,” he had said.