Sambalpur: 6 years of waiting will end! Vehicles start moving on flyover from April 10
Sambalpur: The long wait is coming to an end. The much-awaited Sambalpur flyover will be rolling out coming April. It is learned that the construction company will hand over the flyover to the completion department on April 10, the ninth day of Shriram. It was only in April that the district administration announced that it would open the flyover to the public. Construction of the flyover began in April 2016. Exactly Six years later, it is scheduled to take effect in April 2022. So now only main flyovers will open. How long it will take to complete the service on both sides of the road, the divider between the pillars, etc., will be clear at a later date.
Controversy continues between the construction company and the government for the flyover. The department has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning the company have been made more than once. The department said the money would be paid for the work, which will be funded by the government. According to Panda Infra, the contractor has filed a lawsuit in the local commercial court. Uttaranchal Revenue Commissioner Dr. Suresh Chandra Dalei has an important role to play.
Notably, the flyover has been in controversy since its inception. Many in the city of Sambalpur protested before the construction, saying it was not needed. The road was not paved even after work began. The accident in Bhubaneswar affected Sambalpur. As a result, the work was stopped for a long time. But despite the government’s blacklisting of other subcontractors, Panda Infra worked. At various times, however, tensions erupted between government officials and contractors over various issues. Work on the Dhuchurapada side has been stalled for months due to unreasonable delays in land acquisition by the district administration. Efforts were even made to minimize the slowing down of flyover. Two houses at Dhuchurapada Square were acquired and The DIG’s office wall moved back the wall, space for flyover slopes and service roads was cleared.
However, land acquisition and encroachment on service roads along the Ashapali school and in the Nayapada area have not yet been eradicated. So there is uncertainty about the 5-meter-wide service road on both sides of the flyover. Ninety percent of the original flyover was completed a year ago, but only for side-by-side sloping. That work is now underway. The sloping pitch is expected to be completed by March and the flyover is ready for the inauguration.
