28-08-2014, 12:15 PM
The construction of 2.8-km long “ Expressway corridor from the Jahangir Chowk –Rambagh” has begun and it is likely to be completed by 2017. The project, being taken under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding, was allocated to the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA), a main executing agency for various urban development projects in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah laid the foundation stone of the Rs 300-crore Jahangir Chowk Flyover in December last year, but the construction was delayed due to various administrative reasons and a land compensation issue, which was recently solved. The proposed flyover would be an elevated corridor comprising 1200 piles, two subways and four bus ways. Currently, the city has only one flyover which was constructed in 2004. The road network in the city is under pressure due to an increase in the number of vehicles. With a view to modernise the road transport system and address the problem of frequent traffic jams, the Jammu and Kashmir government had approved a plan to construct a se