Zoo Road flyover: Dispur’s Durga Puja gift to Guwahatians

Flyover construction completed 11 months before scheduled time

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The people of Guwahati will be gifted another flyover before this year Durga Puja. The Shraddhanjali Udan Setu (Zoo Road flyover) will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on October 19 on Panchami Puja.

With the completion of the construction of this 2.28-km-long flyover, the Public Works Department (PWD) and the local contractor who was given the project, have achieved a feat as the three-lane flyover was completed 11 months before the scheduled time of completion. The project cost was Rs 316 crore. The flyover starts from the Gauhati Commerce College Point to Sundarpur with one wing extending towards Geetanagar. The length of the main stretch of the flyover is 1.98 km while that of the extended wing is 330 metres.

The foundation stone of the flyover was laid on February 1, 2022 and the contract for construction of the flyover was awarded to a local contractor named Anil Das. According to the contract agreement, the scheduled time for completion of the project was 30 months. However, the construction was completed in 19 months– 11 months before schedule. The PWD hopes that the flyover will offer a long-term solution to the traffic congestion in the Zoo Road area.

Streetlights brought from abroad have been installed. The flyover has been decorated with paintings and murals by local artists. Murals of wild animals adorn the pillars of the flyover while there are rainbow paintings on the walls of the flyover.

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