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With more than 50 per cent of the construction of Bundelkhand Expressway project completed, the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is all set to create a record by constructing a bridge over river Yamuna in a record time of 6-8 months.
UPEIDA Chief Executive Officer Awanish Kumar Awasthi said that construction of bridges on the rivers Yamuna, Betwa and Kane was going on at a rapid pace.
"We expect the construction of the bridge on river Yamuna in the shortest time (within 6-8 months); UPEIDA will establish a record," he said.
Awasthi said that the total length of Bundelkhand Expressway project was 296 km. He said keeping in view the quality, the construction of ROBs and structures on the expressway was also being done at a rapid pace.
In-charge of Bundelkhand Expressway and UPEIDA Chief Engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta said that out of the total length of 296 km of the expressway, UPEIDA had completed construction of 140 km length up to bituminous level.
So far, the work of clearing and grubbing in Bundelkhand Expressway has been completed by 97 per cent and soil work by more than 83 per cent.
"Out of a total of 818 structures, 527 have been completed. For construction of long bridges, out of total 1,465 piles, work of 1,285 piles has been completed and work of all 14 long bridges and four railway over bridges (ROBs) is in progress. Out of 18 flyovers under construction, 16 have been completed up to the pile level," he said.