Bharalumukh to get ₹99 crore road over bridge (ROB), which will be completed in 18 months, and Rukminigaon to get ₹75 crore flyover to be completed in nine months
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Along with the ongoing construction of two flyovers– Lal Ganesh and Chandmari - construction work for one more road over bridge and one flyover will also start within this month in Guwahati. A road over bridge will be built at Bharalumukh and a flyover at Rukmanigaon.
A source in the Public Works Department – Roads (PWD-R) talking to GPlus said, “The objective of the road over bridge at Bharalumukh is to resolve the traffic congestion caused due to the railway crossing,” adding that the cost of the ROB project there will be shared in a ratio of 50:50 by the railways and the state government. The estimated budget of the project is ₹99 crore.
The two-lane ROB will start from near the sluice gate at Bharalumukh and land at Machkhowa near TR Phukan Park with a total length of 790 meters. The ROB will also have an arm from Bharalumukh point till the end of Sonaram field. It will be an intermediate lane of 350 meters. The estimated duration for completion of the project is 18 months.
The flyover at Rukmininigaon will start from Down Town and end 130 meters before the Six Mile flyover. The length of the flyover will be 950 meter and it will be a four-lane flyover. The approximate budget of the flyover is ₹75 crore.
It needs to be mention that on August 5 this year when the entire Guwahati city came to a standstill because of flooding, a major cause of the chaos was water logging at Rukminigaon. The residents of Rukminigaon are worried thinking what will happen next monsoon when the construction work of the flyover will be under process.
A source in PWD said, “We will try to complete the work of the flyover within nine months so that before next monsoon the flyover is ready and people do not face problems.”
Around 180 trees have been cut down to prepare for the construction of the flyover in Rukminigaon. Many are questioning the necessity of cutting down so many trees, especially those that have been a part of the neighbourhood for decades. Residents of Rukminigaon have expressed their frustration over the large-scale cutting of trees, especially since many are decades old and have been a part of the community for years.
A source in PWD said, “For projects like flyovers sometimes we have to cut trees but four times more trees are grown to compensate the loss,” adding that the trees are cut taking permission from the forest department.
Talking about ROB at Bharalumukh, the PWD source said that there are requirement for ROBs at many railway crossings, but in certain areas the project is not feasible and for now the project is undertaken only at Bharalumukh.
It needs to be mentioned that the detailed project report of flyovers at ABC point and Fatasil Ambari are also being prepared
