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Gurugram: The work to set up these FOBs will have to be completed in 18 months from the day of the allotment. The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority has given its approval for the construction of four foot overbridges over three major roads to ensure the safe movement of pedestrians. A senior GMDA official said that a letter of acceptance has …

GMDA plans to build four foot overbridges

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority plans to construct foot over bridges across the city, in a bid to alleviate congestion and traffic jams and to provide safe pedestrian crossing facilities, said officials on Saturday.These projects will be undertaken with private companies under the corporate social responsibility program and independently by the GMDA. A GMDA official revealed plans to build a …

Crowded foot overbridges cast a shadow on passenger safety at Visakhapatnam Railway Station

The existing foot overbridges at Visakhapatnam Railway Station are teeming with passengers, particularly during the arrival of trains terminating at Visakhapatnam Junction. There used to be a large information display board right next to the FOB, which helped passengers check arrival and departure timings of trains and the assigned platforms. Visakhapatnam Railway Station was tentatively shortlisted for redevelopment in the …

Work on overbridges at Atlantis, Vaduthala likely to begin this year

The Roads and Bridges Development Corporation would award tenders this year for constructing the long-overdue overbridges at Atlantis and Vaduthala in the city. The overbridge at Atlantis would open up a new bridge parallel to the bottlenecked two-lane overbridge at Ernakulam South, which is flanked by four-lane roads on either side. Once ready, the Atlantis bridge would provide a seamless …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone through video conferencing for the development of seven railway stations in the Chennai division — Ambattur, Chennai Beach, Chennai Park, Mambalam, Guindy, St. Thomas Mount, and Sullurpeta — under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of the Centre and seven road overbridges and 28 subways. According to a release, various railway …

Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone for 550 Amrit Bharat stations on February 26. The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for approximately 1,500 road overbridges and underbridges across various states during a virtual event that will be broadcasted at over 2,000 railway stations. About Amrit Bharat Station Scheme …

Stakeholders welcome Railway Board circular on fully funding construction of overbridges

Terming the Railway Board’s March 2 circular to respective zonal general managers that the Railway would fully fund the construction of overbridges, underbridges, and subways at level crossings as one that is long overdue, stakeholders have said that it will in turn catalyse the construction of overbridges, thus paving the way for faster train movement. Thrissur Railway Passengers’ Association general …

While giving a go-ahead to the construction of railway overbridges in West Bengal as part of the Setu Bharatam project, the Supreme Court observed that protection of human life is also equally important as protecting the environment.The project had been stayed since 2018 after the Calcutta High Court's order allowing the cutting down of 356 trees was challenged in the …

Delhi govt to file report on accessibility of foot over bridges, escalators to specially-abled

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to file a status report relating to the accessibility of foot over bridges and other public utilities to persons with disabilities and senior citizens. The court was hearing a petition by a lawyer seeking directions to the authorities to ensure the convenience of and full accessibility to lifts, foot over …

The state Public Works Department plans to build two one-way flyovers, two underpasses for two-wheelers, three slip roads, widen a rail overbridge, build two foot overbridges, footpaths, as well as a non-motorised vehicle lane in a series of major interventions to curb snarls around west Delhi’s Peeragarhi intersection -- identified as a congestion hot spot by a Supreme Court monitoring …

Passengers travelling on the Thane-Panvel-Vashi railway stations could soon travel in an air-conditioned local train, as the Central Railway looks to introduce the first service on the trans-harbour railway line. Piyush Goyal also asked the railway officials to install information boards, signages at railway stations, on foot overbridges and asked the railway personnel to speed up work on Mumbai Urban …

The foot overbridge that collapsed in Mumbai on Thursday evening killing five people was cleared during a structural audit, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has said. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said structural audit of overbridges was ordered last year. If the bridge collapses despite clearance, it raises questions on the audit,” Devendra Fadnavis said ordering a probe into the …