Take the heavily congested Kalindi Kunj Bridge, for instance. The Noida Authority proposed a parallel bridge two years ago but the project is still at the survey stage. Plans to build two bridges near the DND toll bridge and the GT Karnal Road are awaiting clearances at various levels. An east-west corridor proposed five years ago has been revised several times but its fate remains uncertain. Only one bridge - the Wazirabad Signature Bridge - is being built but has missed several deadlines .
The new Kalindi Kunj bridge that could have reduced dependence on the DND toll road has been kept on the back burner. The agreement between Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited, which built the DND Flyway, and Noida Authority disallowed construction of a competing facility for 10 years. After the agreement expired in February last year, Noida Authority gave the goahead for a parallel bridge by selecting a consultant and fixing a budget. The plan was to use DND for Delhi-bound traffic and the new bridge for traffic towards Noida. Although the ground work for the project has started, the approval for construction remains pending.
"An initial amount of Rs 8 lakh was sanctioned for carrying out a detailed survey and hydraulic model studies for the bridge at Central Water & Power Research Station, Pune. The firm was to also study the feasibility of the parallel bridge on the Yamuna," said an official from Noida. "Factors pertaining to soil, river flow, water pressure, pillar strength etc are to be tested by the company to ascertain the design of the pillars and the width of the bridge," the official said. "The CWPRS has raised certain objections and we are in the process of sorting them out. Plans for the bridge should be online within a few months," he said.
Although the plan has been pending for nearly two years, officials say they are not in a position to fix a date for the official launch of the project. "On the basis of the report received from CWPRS, a detailed project report will be prepared. After the technical design is approved and bids are invited, it should not take more than 18 months to complete the project," he added.
The Wazirabad Signature Bridge is another story of delays. First proposed in 1997, it was originally slated to be completed before the Commonwealth Games. The government now hopes to finish the work by December 2013.
Another project, called the east-west corridor, was conceived in 2007 and would have provided a high-speed link across the river. It is now planned as a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor. The project was to be ready ahead of the Commonwealth Games but was scrapped after the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) rejected it, citing a problem with the plan of an elevated corridor at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg. The drawings have since been revised. About Rs 1 crore has been spent on the planning part, but there is no certainty of the corridor materializing as new objections have been raised regarding the route of the corridor .
Two other bridges proposed by the Public Works Department (PWD) are still awaiting clearance. While a bridge parallel to the DND Bridge has been proposed for the third phase of the Barapullah project, another will connect the Loni border Tpoint to GT Karnal Road. The latter is yet to get in-principle approval. Preliminary drawings have been submitted to UTTIPEC for clearance of the Barapullah plan while a study is being conducted for feasibility of a bridge near GT Karnal Road.
Pontoon quick fix
Officials of the Public Works Department (PWD), which builds pontoon bridges in Delhi, say such bridges are a feasible alternative. A pontoon bridge can be built quickly at a modest cost, usually around Rs 2 crore. While the bridge itself can be quickly assembled, it can take up to two months to build the approach roads. Offi cials say the tendering process is the biggest bottleneck
Pontoon bridges are usually built where the river is narrow, and offi cials say the points where pontoon bridges were built earlier can be restored
Pontoon bridges were made near Bhairon Road and the approach road ran parallel to the railway track up to the ITO chungi. However, construction of the Yamuna Bank Metro station has disturbed the approach road. But traces of the pontoon bridge approach road between the sites of Mayur Vihar-1 and Barapullah Bridge still exist, say officials.
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