At present, the accidents in the flyover have claimed many lives. Road accidents are frequent here. This time the Chief Minister expressed concern over it. The Chief Minister wants to know why road accidents are happening here again and again. Local Trinamool Congress MLA Dulal Das informed the Chief Minister about the accident in the district administrative meeting in South 24 Parganas. According to sources, the movement of large cargo lorries or lorries may be stopped tomorrow along the flyover.
According to official documents, the Bajwaj Trunk Road connects Bajwaj with Kolkata. It was too narrow. That’s why there was a traffic jam here. Then the construction of Batanagar flyover was considered. The Center approved the construction of a flyover at the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
The flyover was constructed by L&T Company. The cost of construction of this flyover is estimated to be Rs 255 crore. Of this, Rs 6.6 crore was allocated by the central government and the rest was paid by construction companies. The construction work of the flyover was completed in October 2016. However, the total cost of construction of the flyover is Rs 330 crore.
It is worth noting that Mamata Banerjee had inaugurated the flyover in 2019. Accidents have happened time and again in this Sadbhav flyover. Three people, including a child, died in these. In addition, there are often various accidents here. Which went to the ears of the Chief Minister. So he approached the local MLA. Presently the total length of the flyover is 8.5 km and 15 feet wide. The flyover connects Batanagar to Jinanjira market.
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