BENGALURU: After with reference to two years of delays, technical hurdles and sustained public be troubled, the prolonged-pending Goripalya-Hosahalli railway bridge mission has in the kill been constructed, bringing reduction to hundreds of commuters who depend on this well-known connectivity hall in west Bengaluru.The bridge reconstruction became taken up by the railways after officers concluded that the veteran constructing had develop into veteran and had exceeded its usable lifespan.A senior railway respectable acknowledged the soft for the mission became floated in 2023 and is now full. “The bridge was already weak and there was no remaining lifespan for reconstruction. The tender process began in 2023 and the work is now complete. The original cost of the bridge was around Rs 6 crore,” the respectable acknowledged.While the soft stipulated an 18-month completion interval, the mission soon bumped accurate into a couple of technical and administrative challenges. Venkat Reddy, contractor and founding father of TrenZet Infra Restricted, acknowledged: “The work order was issued on Jan 5, 2023, but demolition revealed the presence of unauthorised electricity cables laid beneath the bridge. These live KEB cables carried power supply from Vijayanagar to Goripalya and were not formally documented earlier.
We did not have permission from the railways to handle them. Laying nine new lines and obtaining approvals took nearly eight months. Because of this, the road had to be closed about six months after Jan 2023, and actual construction could begin only in early 2024.”The demolition work became completed inner three weeks, after which constructing of the new bridge and its approaches progressed in phases. The mission involves with reference to 200 metres of manner roads, concrete stretches on the Vijayanagar aspect, kerb work and set up of 20 streetlights, all performed by the railways.
Attributable to extra work and prolonged delays, the final mission tag elevated to roughly Rs 12 crore.During the near interval, residents of Goripalya, Hosahalli and surrounding localities faced extreme disruption. On each day basis commuters had been compelled to take prolonged detours, visitors congestion worsened all the plot in which by plot of high hours, and schoolchildren and dealing professionals had been among the many worst affected.Extinct Padarayanapura councillor Imran Pasha acknowledged no matter the hardship faced by residents, the mission became a prolonged-term necessity. He also credited sustained political be aware-up for guaranteeing that the work became completed. “People suffered a lot during the construction period, especially students and daily wage workers. However, this was an essential development. Zameer Ahmed Khan consistently followed up with the departments concerned and ensured that the project did not remain stalled,” he added.
Pasha acknowledged the inauguration date is yet to be officially confirmed, though it is some distance anticipated round Jan 31. The event is inclined to be attended by Union minister of yell for railways V Somanna at the side of Karnataka housing minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan.
