KOLKATA: The work to install nets along a stretch on Maa flyover to prevent kite strings from injuring bikers and motorists has stopped halfway. The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has installed the height poles on a certain stretch, where the nets will be put up only on one flank of the flyover. The work is yet to be taken up for the other flank of the flyover.
The KMDA officials said the work was supposed to be completed much before. “The stretch on the southern flank of the flyover, where the poles will come up for installing the nets, will have to be shut for a few days at night for the work. Cops are yet to give us permission for the closure of the stretch,” said an official.
Cops said the KMDA had sought from them the permission to carry out the second round of fencing on the flyover in October last year. “We did not take any chance as it was the festive season. After the festival the KMDA did not approach us further in this regard,” said a police officer, adding that the KMDA should complete the work in a short time.