13 years in the making, Kishan Ganj underpass in Delhi to be opened in January

The Kishan Ganj underpass in north Delhi, one of the most delayed infrastructure projects in the city, is likely to be completed by January 2022, just ahead of the upcoming municipal corporation elections, officials overseeing its work said on Wednesday.

More than two decades after it was approved by the erstwhile unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi and 13 years after the work started, only one of four underpass sections is complete and open to traffic.

A senior North Delhi Municipal Corporation official, who is overseeing the project, said the three remaining concrete box sections under the railway line have been laid by the Northern Railway, which is currently carrying out the finishing work and the construction of the retention wall, before the site is handed over to the north corporation.