MOHALI: The second phase of the Kharar flyover, Ludhiana section, was thrown open for public on Saturday. The 5.6-km long stretch was opened for vehicular movement by Manish Tiwari, MP, Anandpur Sahib.
The flyover portion starting from Desu Majra will descend at Khanpur on the Kharar-Ludhiana highway.
“The third phase of the flyover i.e. Kurali section will be thrown open for vehicular movement by January 15,” said sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Himanshu Jain.
While inaugurating the flyover for the public, Manish Tewari appealed the Union government to withdraw the new agriculture laws as soon as possible in the interest of the farmers. He said Congress had been opposing these laws from the beginning when they were in the form of an ordinance. He said when these were passed by the Parliament and sent for the President approval, they were still against the laws.
Tewari said Congress believes that these laws are against farmers and they have strongly opposed the same.
Regarding the Kharar flyover, he said the 5.6-km stretch of the 10.63-km long flyover has been opened for the public. The rest will be opened by January 15. He said the total cost of the project is around Rs 368 crore.
After missing six deadlines in a row from the past two years, the first phase of the Kharar flyover was opened for vehicular movement on October 4. The 1.6-km stretch of the flyover starting from Balongi is called as the Balongi flyover.
Kharar sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Himanshu Jain, who is supervising the project said, “We have now been able to open two portions of the flyover, which are 80% of the total project. The complete project will be opened for public movement by January 15, 2021.”
The work on the flyover started in November 2015 and was expected to be completed by December 2018. But, the company has not been able to meet the construction deadline due to various reasons like delay in acquisition of land.
The flyover is a vital link to Punjab and Himachal Pradesh from Chandigarh. Completion of its construction will facilitate movement of thousands of people every day. Long traffic jams have become a norm on the Chandigarh-Kharar road and this flyover will ease the chaos.