Cong ‘inaugurates’ flyover before CM

NEW DELHI: A day before the Vikas Puri-Meera Bagh flyover was to be inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriw al, former West Delhi MP, Mahabal Mishra, with some

NEW DELHI: A day before the Vikas Puri-Meera Bagh flyover was to be inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriw al, former West Delhi MP, Mahabal Mishra, with some Congress workers inaugurated the stretch that is part of the outer ring road signal-free corridor.

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Party’s Delhi president Ajay Maken said the money sanctioned to construct the flyover was Rs 407 crore but the AAP government spent Rs 450 crore on it.

“AAP government has made a loss of Rs 43 crore. But Arvind Kejriwal blatantly lies that he has saved crores in the construction of this flyover,” said Mishra, former MP of west Delhi.

Public Works Department constructed the 3.4-km elevated road. Officials said the department filed a case against “miscreants who illegally tried to intrude the Vikaspuri corridor”.

PWD claim that commuters will save 12 minutes of traffic time by using the flyover.

The stretch is part of the six-lane elevated road – from Vikaspuri to Wazirabad. The 22-km signal-free road project was divided into four parts — Mangolpuri to Madhuban Chowk, Madhuban Chowk to Mukarba Chowk, which has already been opened while the third section from Vikaspuri to Meera Bagh is set to open this Sunday. A section from Mukarba Chowk to Wazirabad is still under construction and government is planning to open it by the end of this year.