Bengaluru: NHAI clears nod for heavy vehicles to ply on Peenya flyover after 3 years
Bengaluru: After three years, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has lifted the restriction on heavy vehicles plying on the Peenya flyover connecting Goraguntepalya to the Parle-G factory. The restriction which was imposed due to the replacement of prestressed cables, will be lifted, and all vehicles will be permitted to use the flyover from July 29.
The ban on heavy vehicular movement was initiated to replace the prestressed cables from Kennametal Upper Ramp to SRS Down Ramp on the flyover. With the completion of this work, the NHAI has given the green signal for all vehicles.
Meanwhile, the Bengaluru Traffic Police Department has announced that the flyover will be open to traffic from July 29.
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Although the newly prestressed cables have been installed, there will be a restriction on the movement of heavy vehicles for grouting work from 6 am on Friday to 6 am on Saturday every week. Heavy vehicles will be permitted on all other days. Additionally, the maximum speed limit for heavy vehicles on the flyover has been set at 40 kmph, according to a release from the traffic police department.
An official from the NHAI Bengaluru Project Implementation Unit, speaking to Vartha Bharathi, revealed that, “Despite rain and other conditions, the repair work on the flyover was underway. Works were undertaken both during the night and day.”
The 15-meter-wide, 4.2-kilometer-long flyover in northern Bengaluru has been closed to buses and trucks since December 2021, after prestressed cables in three of its spans gave way due to corrosion. This closure significantly impacted vehicular movement on the arterial Tumakuru Road, the main entry and exit point for vehicles from the north. On weekends, the road experienced severe congestion as vehicles piled up for several kilometers with people heading out of Bengaluru.
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Haryana cop's death about all Dalits, PM and CM should act immediately: Rahul Gandhi
Chandigarh (PTI): Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar's death is not about the respect of one family but all Dalits, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday while asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to act immediately in the case.
Addressing reporters after meeting the family of the senior police officer who was found with a gunshot wound in his Chandigarh home last week, Gandhi said there was systematic discrimination against Kumar to demoralise him and damage his career.
"A wrong message is being sent out to Dalits... that no matter how successful you are, if you are Dalit, you can be oppressed and crushed," the former Congress president said.
He said the Haryana chief minister has not fulfilled his commitment of a free and fair inquiry.
Gandhi said there was a lot of pressure on Kumar's family, particularly his two daughters.
His visit came amid stepped up attacks by the opposition against the Haryana government over Kumar's alleged suicide.
In an eight-page final note purportedly left behind by him, the 52-year-old accused eight senior IPS officers, including Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and now transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, of "blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities".
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