Half-built, much-delayed Ejipura flyover to open only in 2022
Plagued by multiple delays and deficient work by contractors, the Ejipura flyover will ease the commute woes of Bengalureans only by 2022. Proposed in 2017 by the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the flyover was to open by 2019.
The 2.5-km Ejipura-Kendriya Sadan flyover was designed to ensure signal-free movement of heavy traffic on the Inner Ring Road through Koramangala, bypassing four major junctions. But four years after kicking off the project, the BBMP could complete only 48% of the work, as on March 12, 2021.
The delay has been attributed to poor progress by the company, which won the contract to build the flyover. The construction was taken up by a Kolkata-based firm,
