KMDA rejects Parama flyover fencing plan, onus back on Kolkata police

Kolkata Municipal Development Authority (KMDA) has turned down a police proposal to fence the entire length of the Parama flyover to keep away kite strings because that would mean an additional weight of 45,000kg on the bridge.

Three motorcyclists have suffered grievous kite string injuries while driving through the Parama flyover in the past week.

The police were supposed to prevent these strings from landing on the bridge. They couldn’t. So, they proposed steel fencing along the entire flyover.

KMDA has shot down the fencing proposal citing the weight it would add to the bridge.