LUDHIANA: Another key artery of the city has been closed for repair. With the closure of the decades-old bridge close to Chand Cinema, 3 lifelines of the economic town were closed for motion of site visitors. The bridge — which was declared unsafe round 10 years in the past — was closed via site visitors police on Monday night time, after receiving a recommendation from civic authorities. However, the authorities claimed that they had only requested to stop the entry of heavy vehicles at the bridge, however site visitors law enforcement officials had closed the bridge for all vehicles.
Already, site visitors congestion has added to the woes of citizens passing thru Jagraon Bridge and Gill Chowk flyover, and now they're going to face a tricky time on Jalandhar Bypass as neatly. Traffic congestion turns into critical throughout height hours in the morning and night time. The over 100-year-old bridge close to Chand Cinema hyperlinks site visitors coming from the elevated street and railway station street to Jalandhar Bypass. Now, when authorities have closed this bridge, site visitors has been diverted from an adjacent small bridge. During height hours, the burden of site visitors increases and people face a tricky time passing throughout the bridge due to the heavy rush.
City-based architect Sanjay Goel — one of the directors of Ludhiana Smart City Limited — said one facet of the Jagraon Bridge was closed to site visitors for the past two years, and now Gill Chowk flyover is also closed. He said the bridge on Chand Cinema has also been closed to site visitors, while Ferozepur Road, Delhi-Amritsar freeway, and Chandigarh Road also are beneath development. “Even inside roads are beneath encroachments, and civic authorities are not able to remove them,” he added.
Echoing the similar view, businessman Harish Kumar Verma, a resident of Civil Lines, said site visitors in the city had gone haywire due to closure of bridges and development paintings on some major roads. He said authorities will have to concentrate on solving the problem of site visitors jams once possible. MC commissioner Jaskiran Singh said that they had requested to curb the entry of heavy vehicles, however site visitors police had closed the motion of all vehicles. He said he would habits a meeting with the deputy commissioner over the issue, and request for opening the bridge to gentle vehicles till the repair of Gill Chowk flyover.
Meanwhile, ACP Traffic Gurdev Singh said that they had sought a rationalization regarding the demand raised via MC, whether or not it will have to be closed just for heavy site visitors or for all types of vehicles. He said that they had closed the bridge on a trial foundation, just to look at the outcome and site visitors downside. “We seen the quantity of site visitors all through the day on Tuesday in this bridge,” he added.
The repair of the bridge would take a minimum of a 12 months if budget are available. MC govt engineer Tirath Bansal said: “Repair will be achieved via MC, however due to paucity of budget, they're first of all arranging money to construct the bridge. If they get the cash, only then will repair start, as a result of in case the contractor begins the paintings and he does now not get cost, then paintings will come to a halt in between. Moreover, they're but to start the designing and tendering process, which might take a minimum of six months.”
Already, site visitors congestion has added to the woes of citizens passing thru Jagraon Bridge and Gill Chowk flyover, and now they're going to face a tricky time on Jalandhar Bypass as neatly. Traffic congestion turns into critical throughout height hours in the morning and night time. The over 100-year-old bridge close to Chand Cinema hyperlinks site visitors coming from the elevated street and railway station street to Jalandhar Bypass. Now, when authorities have closed this bridge, site visitors has been diverted from an adjacent small bridge. During height hours, the burden of site visitors increases and people face a tricky time passing throughout the bridge due to the heavy rush.
City-based architect Sanjay Goel — one of the directors of Ludhiana Smart City Limited — said one facet of the Jagraon Bridge was closed to site visitors for the past two years, and now Gill Chowk flyover is also closed. He said the bridge on Chand Cinema has also been closed to site visitors, while Ferozepur Road, Delhi-Amritsar freeway, and Chandigarh Road also are beneath development. “Even inside roads are beneath encroachments, and civic authorities are not able to remove them,” he added.
Echoing the similar view, businessman Harish Kumar Verma, a resident of Civil Lines, said site visitors in the city had gone haywire due to closure of bridges and development paintings on some major roads. He said authorities will have to concentrate on solving the problem of site visitors jams once possible. MC commissioner Jaskiran Singh said that they had requested to curb the entry of heavy vehicles, however site visitors police had closed the motion of all vehicles. He said he would habits a meeting with the deputy commissioner over the issue, and request for opening the bridge to gentle vehicles till the repair of Gill Chowk flyover.
Meanwhile, ACP Traffic Gurdev Singh said that they had sought a rationalization regarding the demand raised via MC, whether or not it will have to be closed just for heavy site visitors or for all types of vehicles. He said that they had closed the bridge on a trial foundation, just to look at the outcome and site visitors downside. “We seen the quantity of site visitors all through the day on Tuesday in this bridge,” he added.
The repair of the bridge would take a minimum of a 12 months if budget are available. MC govt engineer Tirath Bansal said: “Repair will be achieved via MC, however due to paucity of budget, they're first of all arranging money to construct the bridge. If they get the cash, only then will repair start, as a result of in case the contractor begins the paintings and he does now not get cost, then paintings will come to a halt in between. Moreover, they're but to start the designing and tendering process, which might take a minimum of six months.”
Three arteries of Ludhiana blocked, traffic on ventilator
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