Delays plague two elevated corridors of SRDP

As fund releases for the steel flyovers have been paltry so far, it could easily take two more years for completion

Infrastructural development works taken up in the city under the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) may face inordinate delays due to gaps in fund release.

While several works are under way at different locations in the city as part of the SRDP, especially to be affected by the fund crunch are the two elevated corridors coming up respectively between Indira Park and VST Junction, and between Nalgonda Crossroads and Owaisi Junction. Both the flyovers were designed as steel bridges, with steel being used instead of RCC for casting major part of the structure.

Steel was chosen for speedy completion of the works, but as irony would have it, the steel component in the design is proving to be a hurdle in terms of funding. “Steel parts have to be ordered to design from SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited), and unless full payment is made, they will not send the consignment. Fund releases have been paltry so far, hence it could easily take two more years for the bridges to take final shape,” an official shared under the condition of anonymity.