Anand Vihar-Apsara Border flyover set to miss deadline, to now come up in April '24

An upcoming flyover connecting Anand Vihar in east Delhi with Apsara Border near Ghaziabad is set to miss its December deadline and will likely be completed only by April 2024, Public Works Department (PWD) officials aware of the project said.

- Paras Singh

The 1.4km, six lane flyover is coming up on road number 56a key arterial road between Anand Vihar and Apsara Border - will cater to an estimated 148,000 vehicles daily, and will bypass two traffic signals, thereby cutting down travel time by approximately 12 minutes, officials said. Construction work on the project started in September last year, and the facility was expected to be completed by December 8 this year.

However, the deadline has now been pushed by four months, with officials citing heavy traffic movement along the site of the project causing hindrance to work, as well as the construction ban imposed due to the graded response action plan (Grap) in November.