Dy CM Manish Sisodia personally conducted an intricate inspection of the construction work at the Ashram Underpass site
Construction work of Ashram Underpass is in its last phase, traffic will be allowed from March 22; lakhs of people will benefit daily: Dy CM Manish Sisodia
Pragati Maidan underpass will be completed by May and the Ashram Chowk flyover will be completed by August as well
Dy CM Manish Sisodia also reviewed the construction works of Ashram Chowk Flyover and Pragati Maidan Underpass & instructed PWD officers to expedite the project
NEW DELHI
Kejriwal Government has brought huge relief for the residents of Delhi-NCR. The construction work of the ongoing underpass at Ashram Chowk is now in its final stage and will be completed within 15 days. This underpass will be opened for the public from March 22. On Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia who also holds the PWD portfolio along with senior department officials inspected the construction work of the underpass. Along with this, the Deputy Chief Minister also reviewed the construction works of the Ashram flyover and the underpass being built near Pragati Maidan.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that last year the construction work of Ashram underpass had to be stopped several times due to COVID induced lockdown. This has delayed the completion of the underpass but now the construction work has resumed and is in its final stage. He said that from March 22, this underpass would be opened for traffic, which will benefit lakhs of people daily.
Shri Manish Sisodia also reviewed the construction works of Ashram flyover and the underpass between Pragati Maidan to Nizamuddin and directed the concerned officials to complete the construction works expeditiously so that people can use these roads at the earliest. Shri Sisodia said that lakhs of people use these routes to commute daily to ITO, Ring Road, Central Secretariat, India Gate, Central Delhi. Keeping this in mind, the construction work will be completed here soon. He informed that the construction work of Ashram flyover will be completed by August and the Pragati Maidan underpass being built in collaboration with Delhi Government and Central Government will be completed by the month of May.