Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel dedicated a sprawling Shankar Nagar Railway Overbridge (ROB) to public in a function held here on Sunday evening.
Speaking on the occasion Baghel greeted the citizens of capital city for the new ROB and said it would certainly ease out the traffic pressure in the crowded locality. The overbridge is estimated to benefit over 2 Lakh people.
The bridge constructed over Raipur-Vishakhapatnam Railway line has been constructed at a cost of Rs 68 crore and will link Shankar Nagar locality of capital city to Baloda Bazar main road.
Public Works Department minister Tamradhwaj Sahu presided over the function while ministers Ravindra Choubey, Mohammad Akbar, Premsai Singh Tekam, Raipur Mayor Pramod Dubey, MLA of the region, Raipur North, Kuldeep Juneja along with other MLAs of capital city Satyanarayan Sharma, Brijmohan Agrawal and Vikas Upadhyay were present on this occasion.
Notable, the bridge is 703.03 meters long and 13 meters wide and will benefit around 2 lakh population of Khamardih, VIP colony, Shankar Nagar, Anupam Nagar and Shree Ram Nagar.
It will also reduce the traffic volume on busy Lodhipara Square.