The State cabinet has approved a new contract to a Hyderabad-based firm to complete the long-pending Ejipura flyover, giving it a new lease of life, on Thursday. With this, the flyover on the key Koramangala 100 feet road stalled for at least five years now, drawing a lot of ire from commuters and residents of the area, is all set to finally take off again.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, also the local MLA, said now that the cabinet had approved the re-tender, work order will be issued shortly and work will be taken up on a war footing. “We have set an ambitious deadline of one year to complete the flyover,” he said.
However, the project has incurred a cost escalation of nearly ₹104 crore due to the long delays and change in contractor midway through the project. As approved by the cabinet on Thursday, the total project cost now would be ₹307.96 crore, up from ₹204 crore when work began in 2017.
