The Amravati Road flyover was supposed to be opened for public on July 31, 2025. Public Works Department’s NHAI unit was working in that direction. But the two spells of rains disturbed the work and the agency has failed to meet the deadline. As per new plans, now the flyover is likely to be completed by mid-August, claimed the department. Sanjeev Jagtap, Deputy Engineer NHAI Division, PWD told ‘The Hitavada’, “We have been following deadline in most projects. Sometimes they get delayed due to nature’s wrath. A flyover involves the construction of roads under it too. In case of this flyover, we tried our best to hand it over to people on July 31. But that was possible only if there was no rain. Unfortunately, Nagpur witnessed showers of three days each.”

 

The entire stretch is almost complete, the only portion remaining is the ramp near Bole petrol pump chowk. The construction of the ramp was delayed because Traffic Police consumed a lot of time in extending permission to PWD when the issue of diverting traffic came. Near RTO, there is a small bridge where the pillar was to be installed. This construction was to be done without traffic disturbing the work. Later on, the PWD received the permission from Traffic Department. The road from Law College Square to Bole petrol pump was closed for traffic for some time. Due to the delay in getting permission from the Traffic Department, the project kept getting delayed. Whatever the reasons may be for the delay, but people’s woes are showing no sign of ending.

 

The road between Law College Square and Bole Petrol Pump is still closed for traffic. Here, the roads coming from Gokulpeth and from MLA Hostel don’t have congestion. But the one under the under-construction flyover, is in a bad position. In the square, traffic mess is always witnessed. The vehicles going towards Gokulpeth too get stuck on this narrow road. They can’t take a left turn till the traffic signal in Law College Square turns green. The vehicles stand in that position for a long time. After signal turns green, most vehicles move forward towards Ravi Nagar Square and then, the other vehicles could move towards Gokulpeth. This congestion has become routine feature of this Square. On several occasions, the school bus, an autorickshaw carrying students or senior citizens, ambulance, city bus, all get stuck on this road. The wait for the green signal makes most of them desperate. But they find themselves helpless as they don’t have any option than to just wait.