Aujla to meet defence authorities over Vallah ROB objection

Neeraj Bagga

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 29

The Amritsar Improvement Trust will approach the Ministry of Defence to lift the objection raised by the Army on a pillar of the railway overbridge (ROB) at Vallah railway crossing. Improvement Trust Chairman Dinesh Bassi said a delegation of the trust, led by MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, will visit the Defence Ministry office to lift the objection.

A minor portion of the ROB at the Vallah side falls in the no-construction zone.

Even as the construction of the railway overbridge is underway but it will not complete until the Army gives its approval. The Army in a communiqué to the Improvement Trust had directed it to stop the construction of a pillar of the ROB as it fell within the no-construction zone of the ammunition dump at Vallah in January.

As per the notification issued on November 11, 2004, any construction in 1,000 yards parapet of the ammunition dump is prohibited.

The Improvement Trust had applied for the NOC from the Defence authorities but it did not receive encouraging response.

Bassi stated that it was mentioned that the ROB was being raised in the larger interest of the public to provide them smooth movement and remove traffic congestion.

Almost all pier caps have been constructed on both sides of the ROB which will have a span of about 800 meters. Once completed it will be the maiden bowstring shape ROB in the entire city.