Yamuna bridge to be ready by October

NOIDA: A six-lane bridge under construction across the Yamuna, parallel to the existing Okhla Barrage, will be completed three months before the target date of January 2017. Rama Raman, chairman of the three development authorities, announced this in Noida on Monday and also inspected three other key projects in the city.

Once in place, the new bridge on the Yamuna is expected to prove huge relief to the thousands who take the narrow Kalindi Kunj bridge to commute between Delhi, Faridabad, Noida and Greater Noida. Raman also reviewed three other important projects – remodelling of the Sector 18 commercial complex; construction of multilevel parking faciity in Sector 18; and widening of two Shahadara drains.

After the inspection of the four projects, Raman said he has instructed his officers to fast-track them. “I have taken stock of the work being carried out at all the four construction sites and have directed officials to expedite work on all of them,” Raman said.

“I have asked my officers to instruct the contractors of all the projects to employ extra labour, put into operation enhanced resources and machinery and re-plan the target schedules,” he said.

According to Raman’s directions, while the new target for the parallel bridge at Okhla Barrage is end-October 2016, the multilevel parking in Sector 18 will be ready by June 2016.

The Rs 119 crore six-lane bridge across the Yamuna, parallel to the existing Okhla Barrage will be located about 120 metres to the left of the existing Okhla bridge when one goes from Noida to Delhi. The 574m long bridge will be supported on fifteen pillars with a 41 meter distance between two pillars and will have two carriageways of three lanes each. It will also have a central verge and pedestrian pathways on each side.