Ludhiana News- Railway overbridge/Lakkar Pul to be completed by November

Ludhiana, September 27, 2013: The railway over-bridge (ROB) being constructed in place of the Lakkar-Pul will be completed by November this year.

The ROB construction was delayed as some part of it was to be constructed by the state government through Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.

This was disclosed in a letter by the Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge  to the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, who had sought his personal intervention for the early completion of the overbridge.

The Railways were supposed to construct two spans, one straight and another curved, while the approach roads were to be completed by the Municipal Corporation.

The Minister said, while the work on the Straight Span was expected to be completed by the month of October this year, the work on the curved span will likely be completed by November this year and the ROB will be fully operational by that time.

The Railway bridge portion consists of two separate legs in Y shape and each leg is of two road-widths and another leg is on a curve having two spans.

The foundation and sub-structure of the straight span has been completed. The super-structure girder for one span has been fabricated, tested and brought to the site for launching and the girder for another span has also been fabricated and is undergoing testing. The work on this span is expected to be completed by October 2013.

Foundation and sub-structure of the curved span has been completed while design of the pier cap is in progress and is expected to be completed by November 2013.

The ROB pending completion for some time will facilitate the smooth movement of vehicular traffic between the parts of the Old and New city divided by a railway line.