Half an hour to 3 minutes: Travel time cut after Moti Nagar flyover opening, says Kejriwal
The CM also said the Public Works Department (PWD) built the flyover in just 18 months, and the Club Road one will be completed in about 21 months.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with state Cabinet Minister Atishi and AAP MLA Somnath Bharti during the inauguration of a three-lane flyover at Moti Nagar, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)Commuting between West-South Delhi and Gurgaon is now set to be smoother with the opening of the much-awaited half flyover in Moti Nagar, Ring Road.
Inaugurating the three-lane stretch on Wednesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said: “Earlier, it used to take half an hour to travel half a kilometre (on the stretch)… due to traffic. With the construction of the new flyover, this distance will be covered within three minutes. The Moti Nagar flyover is just a small component; the bigger and primary component is the Club Road Flyover, which will be ready by July,” he said.
The CM also said the Public Works Department (PWD) built the flyover in just 18 months, and the Club Road one will be completed in about 21 months.
He also said the AAP-Delhi government has built 31 flyovers in 10 years: “In the last 75 years, 63 flyovers had been constructed in Delhi. Since the city’s people entrusted us with responsibility, in the last 10 years, we have built 31 flyovers. Today, we are inaugurating the 31st… We have demonstrated that 50% of the work done in the past 75 years in Delhi (can be done) in just 10 years. It only requires clear intentions. Earlier, the issue was not lack of funds but lack of intention.”
Part of the 1.68-km Punjabi Bagh-Rajouri Garden corridor redevelopment plan, the 495-m half flyover will provide connectivity from Punjabi Bagh towards Azadpur, Britannia Chowk, Dhaula Kuan, Rohtak Road, and Gurgaon.
PWD minister Atishi, who was present at the inaugural ceremony, said this flyover would be used by more than 1.25 lakh vehicles in a day and help commuters save more than 6 lakh litres of fuel every year. It will also help save 9,000 man-hours and reduce more than 50,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year, said the minister.
Presently, traffic on the Ring Road destined for Punjabi Bagh and Paschim Vihar has to go via the Basaidarapur bridge. New flyovers will help to channel this traffic. Vehicles heading towards Azadpur from Raja Garden and vice-versa can use both flyovers and avoid traffic congestion, said officials.
“Currently, a two-lane flyover exists, providing connectivity from Azadpur to Punjabi Bagh. But it sees heavy traffic jams due to the absence of connectivity on the other side. Now, the existing flyover has been widened to three lanes and a new flyover has been built alongside it,” said a PWD official.
Further, around the new Moti Nagar flyover, there are provisions for two U-turns and a hump subway (at grade). The area below it has also been landscaped with provisions for footpaths.
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