PWD to construct four foot overbridges

The Public Works Department is planning to construct four new foot overbridges (FOB) in areas with heavy pedestrian movement, officials said on Friday.

According to officials, inspections have been carried out at Anand Vihar ISBT exit gate, Nand Nagri depot, near Khajuri flyover roundabout on the Wazirabad road, near Metro Pillar No 146 in Usmanpur village on the Mehrauli-Badarpur road and at Welcome Metro station on GT Road in east Delhi.

While four other locations have been approved by the FOB committee and tenders have been floated, inspections at four new sites have been done. Approvals will be taken after the feasibility reports are prepared,” an official said.

The PWD at present maintains around 115 FOBs across the city. Last month, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta laid the foundation stone of an FOB construction project at the Rajputana Rifles Centre on Ring Road.

The locations where tenders have already been floated for construction work include Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg, Hanuman Mandir near Parmanand Hospital, TPM Church red light and near Kendriya Vidyalaya on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. These busy roads do not have any FOBs, officials said.