The new Chandani Chowk flyover, which has been planned as a solution to the major traffic jams that occur on the Mumbai-Benngaluru Highway, will be opened to the public on August 12. Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the flyover.
Earlier, the administration planned to inaugurate the new flyover on May 1, however, as work was not completed, the inauguration was postponed.
Pune District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh along with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officers conducted a review of the new flyover last week and said it is 97 per cent complete and girder installation work is underway.
As PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit on August 1, the administration wanted the PM to inaugurate the flyover, however, since the work is yet to be completed, the inauguration has been delayed, said officials.