PWD to double Kalkaji flyover, merge it with corridor at Modi Mill

The Public Works Department (PWD) has sent the proposal for administrative approval to construct an elevated road parallel to the Kalkaji flyover in south Delhi, senior PWD officials said on Monday, adding that the work is part of a plan to build a signal-free corridor from Modi Mill to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.

- Paras Singh

PWD said it has sought an expenditure sanction of 300 crore and the matter is being taken up by the PWD secretariat, under the Delhi government.

Presently, a one-way flyover comprising three lanes facilitates vehicular traffic from Modi Mill towards Nehru Place while vehicles travelling in the opposite carriageway move at the surface level. PWD will convert this to a six-lane flyover s on either side with three "The project will be to build a six-lane flyover along with its extension to meet the ramp of the six-lane Modi Mill flyover leading to an elevated corridor on the stretch," a PWD official said, asking not to be named.

Traffic merges from four sides on the section of the Outer Ring road near Okhla NSIC Metro station connecting Okhla Mandi near Captain Gaur Marg with Okhla Estate, Sarita Vihar and Faridabad to the south; Ashram and New Friends Colony to the north and Sukhdev Vihar and Jamia Millia Islamia on the eastern side of the corridor often leading to snarls. The project will also involve widening and redesigning the surface-level road on either side of the flyover.