New Delhi, The Nathu Colony Flyover in east Delhi’s Shahdara space will stay closed for common site visitors for a month until Might 25 attributable to pressing load testing and restore work, the Delhi Visitors Police mentioned on Friday.
Nathu Colony Flyover shut for a month for load testing, pressing repairs: Delhi Visitors Police
The Delhi Tourism and Transportation Growth Company is enterprise the load testing of the flyover, which has reportedly worn out and requires instant substitute. In consequence, each carriageways between Durgapuri Chowk and GTB Crossing have been shut briefly to facilitate the repairs.
“All types of vehicles, including two-wheelers, four-wheelers and LGVs , will be diverted onto the slip roads of the Nathu Colony Flyover for their onward journey,” the advisory mentioned, including that longer queue lengths and journey delays are anticipated through the testing interval.
Motorists have been suggested to make use of alternate routes through Durgapuri Chowk, Loni Gol Chakkar, DC Chambray and Gagan T-Level for a easy journey.
To handle site visitors circulate, advisory signages have been positioned at key places and extra site visitors personnel have been deployed, the police added.
The Nathu Colony Flyover, which was constructed with the intention to decongest the busy Nathu Colony intersection and supply a technique to commute over the railway monitor, was inbuilt 2011. However by 2018, the motion of heavy autos on it was restricted by placing up top boundaries, contemplating the flyover harmful.
Final yr in December, former chief minister Atishi directed the chief secretary to conduct an inquiry towards all officers concerned within the framing of the tender, awarding the work contract and supervising the execution of labor on the flyover.
The flyover, stretching between Rohtas Nagar and Seemapuri, was constructed on Highway No. 68 by DTTDC and afterward handed over to the Public Works Division for upkeep.