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Wheeler Road Flyover - A Saga in mismanagement
Written By vinod_shankar - 18 September, 2009
Bangalore BBMP railways SWR Citizen Reports Delay Transportation Infrastructure Flyovers and underpasses
Background of the project: Rail over bridge from wheeler road to banaswadi. A joint project between BBMP and south western railways. Started in June 2006, expected completion 18 months from the start of the project., which is around Jan 2008. But as expected it was not completed on time. Revised deadline October 2009..I still doubt they can complete by October 2009.
I pass by the flyover under construction almost every other day, everday it just reminds me of the callousness of the authorities, raw mismanagement and lack of execution skills in our bureaucratic machinery. Even after taking 36 months and more its still incomplete....Here is a photoreport on the same by DNA.
On whom do we fix the responsiblity for the hardship caused to commuters/pedestrains who have to undergo the ordeal for this long ??Is building a ROB such a complex engineering task that it can't completed even after three years and more??
And also other related links here:
http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/2006/10/wheeler-road-flyover-work-to-gather.html
http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/2008/04/flyover-delay-strains-public.html
http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/2009/05/overbridge-to-chaos-in-cox-town.html
vinod
COMMENTS
Srivatsava - 21 September, 2009 - 02:32
To be fair to the authorities (SWR/BBMP), one of the good things is that there were 5-6 railway crossings in the vicinity, and they have been building the bridges one after the other, and by providing alternative roads/bridges for public use.
Railways related projects tend to get delayed?
sanjayv - 21 September, 2009 - 04:18
I think the root cause for many of these delays is that the railways bureaucratic procedures are pretty complicated. Funding for these projects have to get into the rail budget (since there is cost sharing) and there are always fairly rigorous safety criteria. The emphasis on safety is commendable, but surely, the clearances can be expedited? Other examples of delays that can be cited are the Kadugodi ROB, the Benninganahalli RUB widening and the time it took for the Marathalli bridge doubling etc. Another example that I know of is a ROB on NH47 north of Kochi. While the highway was widened years ago, it took a long time for the bottleneck at the bridge to get fixed.
Srivatsava - 21 September, 2009 - 02:29
Vinod,
I guess this is true about absolutely every RoB/RuB being built in the city!!
I was recently struck in a railway crossing at Jalahalli, on the ring road connecting Tumkur Road and Hebbal for about 20 mins. With only govermnet agencies operating all around, there is no dearth of land availablity to build a RoB/RuB here. Since this is very close to place where the track from Yeshwantpur separates to Yelahanka and Tumkur, an additional line was recently added, connecting the Tumkur and Yelahanka lines, without the need for touching Yeshwantpur. Now there are two railway crossing about 100 mts away!!
A twenty minute wait is better a three year one!!
Isn't a fit case to file a RTI with SWR?
kbsyed61 - 21 September, 2009 - 13:05
Vinod, Srivathsa, Sanjay,
Going through your postings, it s becoming obvious that may be it is time file a RTI with SWR asking for status report on all these incomplete ROB/RUB.
Also questions to be asked are reasons for delay (if any) and latest expected completion time line. Let me know if you need any help in drafting the RTI and process to file it.
Syed
Finally thrown open for public
vinod_shankar - 16 February, 2010 - 17:47
finally the flyover has been thrown open, of immense relief to people residing and travelling through east bangalore. The service road underneath the flyover have been asphalted and pending works going on. Will get back with some photos.
vinod
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