Our urban transport systems are lacking mainly due to inefficient management and improper enforcement of the traffic rules and regulations, says Tanmoy Mukherjee, Director, Statutory Planning Unit, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA),
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Parama flyover in Kolkata likely to miss Dec deadline
In Kolkata, the Park Circus-Parama Island flyover, a crucial project under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which was scheduled to be completed by August 2012, has now missed its revised deadline of August, 2013. There is no way it can meet its second amended deadline of December 2013. It is going to be city's longest flyover.
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Tenders to be called soon for Rs 250 cr flyover in Kolkata
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is preparing to float tenders for the proposed 7.4 km flyover from Batanagar to Jinjirabazar on Budge Budge Trunk Road in the city. The project has been stuck for years. Now the Centre has finally cleared the projeect, the State Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, who is also the KMDA Chairman, said.
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‘Fault in design led to collapse of flyover in Kolkata’
A fact-finding committee has stated that a flaw in the drawing and design of the curved stretch of Ultadanga flyover in Kolkata led to its collapse on March 3 this year.
The Urban Development Department had tasked a five-member panel with finding out why the curved section of the flyover collapsed. The final report has been submitted to the Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, who also heads the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).