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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2001 Parliament attack anniversary: Vice Prez, PM Modi, MPs pay tributes to fallen heroes
New Delhi (PTI): Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday led Parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to those who died fending off terrorists who attacked the Parliament House in 2001.
On the 24th anniversary of the attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Radhakrishnan, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chair, were among the first to offer tributes.
A brief function is held outside the now old Parliament building (Samvidhan Sadan) every December 13 to mark the day.
CISF personnel presented a salute or "samman guard" at the venue, after which a moment of silence was observed to mark the anniversary. Till 2023, the CRPF used to offer 'salami shastra' (present arms).
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a senior party leader, were also present at the event. Union ministers Kiren Rijiju, Jitendra Singh and Arjun Ram Meghwal also lined up to offer flower petals at the photographs of the personnel who went down foiling the attack.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is in Latur to attend the funeral of former speaker of the Lower House of Parliament and ex-Union minister Shivraj Patil.
The attack was carried out by five armed terrorists, but personnel from the now former Parliament Security Service, CRPF and Delhi Police foiled the attack, with no terrorist being able to enter the building.
Six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, a gardener and a TV video journalist were killed in the attack. All five terrorists were gunned down in the forecourt of the then Parliament building.
