BMC begins work for foot over bridges in city

BHUBANESWAR: As part of overall traffic and transportation planning measures and prioritising pedestrian safety, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday laid foundation stone of three foot over bridges (FOBs) which are coming up at Master Canteen square, Ramadevi College junction and Jaydev Vihar junction in the city.

The modern FOBs with a clear internal width of minimum three metre have staircase and lifts based on the site conditions and sky walk across the road. The lifts provided on both side of the road will be very much beneficial for the handicapped and elderly persons to cross the road without difficulty. Other utilities like signage, foot path, barricading, drinking water facility and dust bins at FOBs will be provided.

“The FOBs will be constructed through public private partnership (PPP) mode and the cost of every single FOB is Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 2 crore. The construction work will be finished within four months,” said BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena.

Ajanta BV Media Initiative has been awarded the contract for construction of the FOBs. “BMC and the agency are working full time to remove the obstacles from the selected locations so that the construction work of the FOB’s can be started as early as possible,” official sources said.