Bhubaneswar: The long-awaited flyover on National Highway-16 at Hansapal in Odisha capital was inaugurated by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Tuesday.
The project, initially scheduled to be completed in 18 months, took five years. The construction work for the 600-meter flyover commenced in June 2020.
While commuters travelling from Cuttack side towards Bhubaneswar began using the bridge in August last year, those travelling from Bhubaneswar side towards Cuttack can now use it for smoother traffic movement.
It may be noted that delay in the construction work led to two changes in contractors and subsequent blame game at the political level.
The flyover, built at a cost of Rs 24 crore, is expected to resolve the longstanding traffic congestion at Hansapal, said National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials.
The parliamentarian further informed that a foot-over bridge at accident-prone Palasuni in Bhubaneswar will be inaugurated in the first week of March as work in this regard is underway.
