SOORUT FAST EMERGING AS CITY OF FLYOVERS

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[ From: "Gaurang Desai"
[ Subject: Surat fast emerging as city of flyovers
[ Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003

Surat fast emerging as city of flyovers

By Amarendra Jha
Times News Network
December 3, 2003

SURAT - Gone are the days when catching a train was an
ordeal due traffic snarls on the approach roads.

Now, commuting within the city has not only become smooth
and hassle-free but also less time consuming, thanks to a
series of flyovers built in the city in the last seven
years.

With four major flyovers constructed in the recent past
strategic places and two more finalised for construction,
the city shortly would be so connected with flyovers that
it would appear to be a city of flyovers’, said Surat
Municipal Corporation (SMC) deputy commissioner (special)
Pradipsinh Jhala. With a population of over 30 lakh and
over nine lakh registered vehicles — as on March 31 this
year — in the city, the chaos on the roads would have
been worse but for the flyovers, said Jhala.

The growth rate of vehicles being over six per cent per
annum in the Diamond City , the endeavour on the part of
the corporation should be to evolve a mechanism for
smooth flow of traffic, said executive engineer Nitin
Vaidya.

The 700-metre long flyover at Athwagate, constructed at a
cost of Rs 8 crore, has been able to keep the two-way
traffic from across the bridge and other sides — like
Nanpura, Makaipul and Athwalines — smooth, said Vaidya.

The flyover on the Sumul Dairy road has made things easy
for people going towards the railway station, he said.
Surat Municipal Corporation officials said that the 1.8-
km long flyover, built a few years ago at a cost of Rs 18
crore , near the Textile Market on the Ring Road, too,
has eased the traffic congestion in this area. Earlier,
the business activities were affected due to traffic
snarls in the area.

Keeping in view the increasing business and commercial
activities and the floating population dependent on them,
the flyovers would be the answers to keep the traffic
flow smooth, as constructing metro rail or developing
surface trains would not only be time consuming but also
expensive, said Vaidya.

One km of metro rail costs Rs 300 crore, while one km for
surface train would cost around Rs 100 crore. However,
one km of flyover costs only a few crores and its
construction takes only about a year or so, he told TNN.

About to be completed 3.2-km long flyover at Varachha,
with a project cost of over Rs 30 crore, would give
relief to those engaged with the diamond processing units
dotting the area, as currently peak hours are sights of
utter traffic choas.

Vaidya told TNN that the Varachha flyover would be
inaugurated by the end of this month, and it would also
keep the flow of traffic from the national highway
towards the city free from congestion. He said two more
flyovers have recently been approved for construction by
the Surat Municipal Corporation — one would be between
Udhana and Majura Gate to be built at a cost of Rs 15
crore, while the other would be between Delhi Gate and
Lal Darwaja at a cost of Rs 23 crore.

The tenders would be floated shortly and by the end of
next year, these flyovers would become operational, said
Jhala. Besides, the Delhi-based Central Road Research
Institute (CRRI) would submit a survey report related to
both short-term and long-term solutions to the traffic
problems in the city, he said.

By 2010, the population of the city is expected to be
around 42 lakh, and plans for mass rapid transit system
is being worked out in coordination with Central Road
Research Institute, Konkan Railway and other agencies,
Jhala added.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/336224.cms

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