A flyover constructed at a cost for Rs. 42 crore and commissioned in October 2016 at Kochi in Kerala will be now reconstructed by spending around Rs. 20 crores owing to the flaws in construction.
With the Supreme Court on Tuesday setting aside an order of Kerala High court to conduct a load test of the bridge before going ahead with the proposal for reconstructing it, the state government will soon commence the work, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The Palarivattom flyover on NH by-pass in Kochi was constructed with an estimated life of about 100 years. But it had to be closed in May 2019 following safety concerns. Metro man E Sreedharan and experts from IIT Madras inspected the flyover found cracks in 97 out of the 102 girders and 16 of the 18 pier caps.
