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Written By mbhatia - 7 September, 2009
Bangalore Whitefield Transportation Infrastructure Flyovers and underpasses Kadugodi
Is there any further information on Kadugodi flyover to ease situtaion at whitefield traffic crossing?
Looking at all the older posts the last deadline was Dec 2008 which has passed 8 months back.
Looking at development on other side of Whitefield station and traffic situation it is becoming important as each day passes that this should be completed. Moreover the route to BIAL is being unused due to this bottleneck.
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Raghu Nandana M - 26 December, 2009 - 09:00
Note: Converted to a new project post: http://praja.in/en/blog/raghu-nandana-m/2009/12/26/new-completion-date-kadugodi-flyover
sanjayv - 7 September, 2009 - 13:04
According to the article and comments in citizen matters, I quote
"The office of the South Western Railways on the present status of the Whitefield ROB:
"Welding of steel girders for the main span over railway track is completed. The final testing and certification of the girder is in progress. The certification is expected to come through by Aug end. The welded girder is proposed to be installed in September this year. The casting of road deck on the girder is programmed for October. Road approach ramp is nearing completion except the top bituminous layer of road surface, which is planned to be taken up after the monsoon, during October. The road over bridge is likely to be commissioned for traffic during first week of Nov."
The article also has contact information for the engineer-in-charge in the comments section. The whole sorry saga is also described there-in.
bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1145-whitefield-railway-bridge-2009
adityaselect - 18 November, 2009 - 08:03
CM has forwarded my email to Bangalore Municipal. We can now hope for some action.
Picassa link
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/adityaselect/BridgeToNowhere#5405350663101101890
sanjayv - 3 December, 2009 - 01:54
The Hindu had a write up on this issue on Monday. Not a very well researched article. The citizen matters article was much better. Link to the Hindu article here. Mr. Akhil Agarwal very conveniently blames the delays on "land acquisition". If you read the citizen matters article, you know that this is either a misquote or a mis-statement.
As a first step, I think there should be a bunch of letters to the editor written to the Hindu as a response to this article.
Almost all railway projects involving the city go at their own pace. One cited reason is from a safety perspective which is okay. However, aren't the necessary safety check procedures a part of the project plan? If the affected folks really want this project accelerated, they should mount a campaign targeted at the Railways. This would mean catching the city MPs and having them raise a question in parliament on the incompetence of this whole process, citing the media reports, esp. citizen matters article.
adityaselect - 16 December, 2009 - 09:45
Chief Minister of Karnataka cm.kar
to commn-bmp, me
for necessary action
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:00 pm
Subject: Bridge to Nowhere !
To:
mr@rb.railnet.gov.inCc: Deepika Arwind <
deepikaarwind@gmail.com>,
readerseditor@thehindu.co.in,
rajeev.c@sansad.nic.in,
pcmohan@pcmohanbjp.com,
commn-bmp@karnataka.gov.in, "Chief Minister of Karnataka cm.kar" <
cm@kar.nic.in>,
cpro@swr.railnet.gov.in,
msrm@rb.railnet.gov.in,
msra@rb.railnet.gov.in,
drmsbc@swr.railnet.gov.in,
prs-ud@karnataka.gov.in>
Honorable Minister for Railways,
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The flyover being constructed at Kadugodi - Whitefield railway junction, Bangalore has been in suspended animation for more than 2 years with no visible progress. Construction of the flyover was scheduled to be completed by March 2008 . Two years later, it continues to hang fire. Lakhs of people crossing the junction each month are faced with multiple problems due to government departments' inaction and apathy. Precious petrol and diesel worth millions of rupees is being wasted per month as the vehicles are forced to wait at junction and take longer diversions to cross the junction. A national loss, of course.
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What is even more disconcerting is the fact that the flyover is 80% ready and most of the money is already spent by government. But the remaining last 20% portion, above the Railway Tracks has been incomplete for last 2 years. To add insult to injury, Mr. Akhil Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, South Western Railway, Bangalore Division, promised in his statement to The Hindu on 30th November that the incomplete structure would be completed on or before 31 December. With only a fortnight left for the declared deadline and with no visible activity taking place, Mr. Agarwal must have Aladdin's magic lamp to get the flyover from thin air or perhaps he is waiting to set a Guinness World Record at the cost of inconvenience to thousands & loss of Millions of Rupees ! Or may be he is indulging himself in some kind of a pipe dream.
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The link to the article published in The Hindu -
http://www.Hindu.com/2009/11/30/stories/2009113059460400.htm>
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Unlike your Divisional Railway Manager, you, Madam, are well known for your no non-sense purpose. I am confident that you will realize the gravity of the situation and take urgent steps to remedy the situation. Concrete debris from the incomplete flyover has already started falling around endangering the lives of the passersby. Kindly instruct the officers and agencies concerned to do the needful in a time bound and realistic manner. Thousands and thousands of people will remain ever grateful to you for coming to their rescue.
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Thanks & Regards,
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Aditya.
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