Delhi-Jaipur carriageway of Iffco Chowk flyover shut after retaining wall collapses
The carriageway of the Iffco Chowk flyover leading from Delhi to Jaipur was shut on Monday morning after a portion of the flyover’s retaining wall collapsed.
According to the officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a sewerage pipeline that passes under the flyover was damaged on Saturday following heavy rainfall, which led to rainwater accumulation and subsequently, damaged the retaining wall.
Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that they can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Iffco Chowk is one of the busiest traffic junctions in the city and the parallel flyover for traffic to move from Delhi to Jaipur was completed in 2019 as part of a project launched in 2016 to decongest the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway.
