New Delhi, The Public Works Division has obtained a proposal to assemble 21 new foot over bridges throughout the town.
PWD plans new foot over bridges throughout Delhi
The proposals given by the Visitors Police have been final month reviewed by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and after that floor surveys have additionally commenced for report.
A few of the areas the place FOBs are required are Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg close to exit gate of Previous Delhi Railway station, Shaheed Captain Batra Chowk, in entrance of LNJP hospital in Central Delhi, Ajmeri Gate chowk and Munja Chowk, Boulevard street, in South Delhi’s Lala Lajpat Rai Marg and few others, as per the proposal.
In keeping with a authorities doc, of the 21 areas, some stretches additionally fall beneath different companies just like the Nationwide Freeway Authority of India and the Delhi Developed Authority.
“For these locations, the department will inform the concerned agency and then further decisions will be taken on what is to be done,” stated an official.
The PWD has been pulled up by the courts on a number of events for poor situations of the FOBs throughout the town. Many of those bridges lack services of lifts, the escalators are dysfunctional and the general situation is soiled.
A examine executed by the Planning division in 2018 acknowledged that of the overall FOBs on the time, 77 per cent had no lifts, solely 23 per cent had escalators and round 70 per cent didn’t have a safety guard.
In 2023, the Delhi Excessive Court docket criticised the FOBs for being in such a “pathetic condition” that even a wholesome particular person would not be capable to use them.
The PWD assured the courtroom later that repairs and mandatory modifications could be made.
The PWD introduced the formation of a committee to take care of upkeep of those public services.
The committee then got here up with a complete plan for sustaining the FOBs, which incorporates cleansing and defending them from theft and vandalism.