Sultanpuri underpass, stuck for 13 years, opens for traffic

NEW DELHI: Over 13 years after work began on the twin junction of the Sultanpuri railway overbridge (ROB) and railway underbridge (RUB) in 2010 to improve connectivity in outer Delhi, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday threw open the newly completed underpass to the public.

- Paras Singh

Presiding over the inaugural ceremony, Delhi mayor Shelly Oberoi said this Sultanpuri-Nangloi link was a much-awaited project of the civic body.

"As soon as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the municipal corporation, the work on Sultanpuri underpass, which was stuck for 13 years, was taken up. The pending work was completed within five months. The project was made a focus area and pending funds were released on priority. Now, the underpass is open to Delhi residents," she told reporters.

However, the project, which is expected to improve connectivity for of people living in Sultanpuri, Rohini, Nangloi and Kirari is still only half complete. There is the still the railway over-bridge remaining to be built.