India Delhi 3-lane flyover to connect ITO to Ashram in the pipeline

 To guarantee a smooth drive between Central, East and Southeast Delhi, the Public Works Department (PWD) is intending to build a three-path flyover for vehicles going from ITO towards Ashram at the Sarai Kale Khan T-Junction. This will come up close by the current flyover, which gives availability from Ashram to ITO.

Authorities said the new flyover will likewise help decongest the Sarai Khan ISBT and T-intersection where a few different tasks, for example, the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS), are coming up.

"Sarai Kale Khan will turn into the city's vehicle center, with the RRTS, Delhi Metro, Nizamuddin Railway station and ISBT converging at one spot. There is likewise an arrangement to incorporate these… Once the RRTS station, which is under development, is prepared, the region is supposed to turn out to be more blocked. To keep away from this, the PWD has chosen to develop this extra flyover which will take the heap of surface traffic coming from ITO and give space to transports and neighborhood traffic underneath," said an authority.

The 545-meter-long flyover will have three paths and two inclines. The incline that goes up will be roughly 90 meters in length and the down slope will be 95 meters in length. The PWD will likewise give two U-turns and one convergence at the grade level. The brace segment beneath will be roughly around 360 meters in length and will have trails, said authorities.

Authorities added that it will likewise help decongest traffic at the Delhi-Meerut Expressway T-Junction. "As of now, vehicles coming from Akshardham, Mayur Vihar, Noida through the turnpike additionally converge at Sarai Kale Khan transport stand and take the current flyover towards ITO or to arrive at Sarai Kale ISBT, Ashram or to go to parts of Southeast Delhi. Presently, the forthcoming flyover will bear this heap," said the authority.

Specialists said the flyover, in the event that arranged well, will help decongest the region.

Sewa Ram, senior teacher of transport arranging at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), said, "There are three places where vehicles converge beneath the street at the T-Junction — vehicles coming from ITO towards Sarai Kale Khan, from Akshardham as well as Noida through Delhi-Meerut Expressway T-intersection. From here, traffic veers off which makes clog. There is a wandering point towards Barapullah flyover. Traffic either goes towards ISBT, ITO, Ashram or Barapullah. In this way, on the off chance that the PWD resolves these issues, the flyover will bring alleviation from gridlock and further develop network. Else, it will be a uni-directional flyover from ITO to Ashram."

Refering to the case of RTR flyover, he added: "The PWD originally built a one-way flyover on RTR Marg and developed one more flyover for traffic coming from the other way quite a long while later. Workers had dealt with issues during the development of the other flyover."

Other than building another flyover, the division has likewise chosen to augment the help street along the current flyover on the ISBT side and two other assistance streets across the flyover on the Yamuna side.

The office will likewise work on the current trail, waste framework, finishing, street signages, street security apparatuses and so forth. Tenders for development of the new flyover have been drifted and the assessed cost is Rs 57.70 crore. Authorities said handling the delicate will require one-two months and when the work is granted, the flyover will be developed in a year.