The much awaited flyovers at Seelampur and Shastri Park will be opened for the public from Saturday, bringing major relief to residents of east and northeast Delhi as well as people who regularly commute through these areas from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate both the flyovers at noon Saturday.
Earlier in the week, public works department (PWD) minister Satyendar Jain had said the estimated project cost of the Seelampur-Shastri Park flyover package was Rs 303.31 crore, but the Delhi government completed both the flyovers and spent only Rs 250 crore.
“Our PWD managed to save at least Rs 53 crore in the project, which is very important at this time (of the pandemic) since the government’s usual sources of revenue have been severely hit,” Jain had said.
