Delhi Chief Minister Atishi inaugurated the long-awaited Punjabi Bagh flyover Thursday and stated the six-lane hall will present clean connectivity between West and Southwest Delhi and profit 3.45 lakh commuters.
After inaugurating the stretch, Atishi congratulated the individuals of Delhi and stated, “Right now, the Punjabi Bagh flyover was inaugurated. This 1.12-km-long flyover will present reduction from site visitors jams to all Delhiites travelling from Azadpur to Raja Backyard.”
She additionally in a publish on X stated that 39 flyovers and underpasses have been constructed by the AAP authorities within the final 10 years.
The flyover was constructed as a part of the Built-in Hall Redevelopment mission of Punjabi Bagh. As a part of this mission, two flyovers — one at Moti Nagar which is a three-lane elevated hall which was opened for the general public earlier in March, and the Membership Street or Punjabi Bagh flyover throughout Najafgarh Drain from ESI hospital to current Membership Street (1,123-m-long) was opened right now.
“At present, site visitors on Ring Street destined for Punjabi Bagh and Paschim Vihar areas takes the Basaidarapur route. The brand new flyover will assist to channelise this site visitors. Autos shifting within the path of Azadpur from Raja Backyard and vice-versa can use each these flyovers and keep away from site visitors congestion,” stated a senior PWD official related to the mission.
Officers additionally stated the opening of the flyover will profit site visitors of round 1,24,952 PCUs per day and scale back journey time by 6.5 minutes.
“Assuming the occupancy of two.99 individuals per automobile, the full variety of individuals utilizing the street each day is 3,76,596 individuals. It’s anticipated that on a median, roughly 40,796 man hours per day which is price Rs 99.95 crore annually can be saved with the opening of this flyover,” the official added.
Round 11 lakh of gasoline price Rs 103.7 crore can be saved per 12 months and scale back 1,402 tonnes of carbon emissions, the official added.
Additional, the brand new stretch will assist scale back vehicular air pollution, segregate site visitors shifting on Ring Street and enhance the capability of Ring Street intersections, stated officers.
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