‘Not able to understand why 2 wings of GNCTD opposing each other’: Delhi HC on Nand Nagari flyover repair PIL

“This tribunal is not capable to recognize arsenic to wherefore the 2 wings of GNCTD are opposing each other, particularly erstwhile it is an admitted information that the flyover successful question is unsafe for the public,” the tribunal said, proceeding a PIL filed by BJP MLA Jitendra Mahajan seeking urgent repair of the flyover built astatine an estimated outgo of astir Rs 98 crore.

The PWD submitted earlier the tribunal that the DTTDC had built the Nand Nagari flyover successful 2015. It was handed implicit to the PWD for attraction connected January 13, 2016. In a enactment submitted earlier the Delhi High Court connected November 14, the PWD had submitted that “structural nonaccomplishment of flyover cannot beryllium rectified by rehabilitation portion of PWD arsenic initially flyover was constructed by DTTDC”, and had requested the tribunal to exempt PWD arsenic a responsive successful the PIL “as determination is nary relation of PWD successful operation enactment of this flyover”.

The PWD had further submitted that the span has a “history of distress” and that successful 2019 it had suggested recasting the full platform to guarantee “human safety” for which a preliminary estimation amounting to Rs 8.42 crore was submitted by a advisor firm.

DTTDC awarded the tender for the operation of the road-over span and underbridge to Gammon Engineers and Contractors Pvt Ltd successful 2009 and the task was completed successful July 2015.

According to Mahajan, who is being represented by advocator Satya Ranjan Swain, structural distress was observed during an inspection by Delhi authorities authorities successful 2018. In 2020, Mahajan wrote to PWD “regarding the substandard work, usage of debased prime of worldly and indifference towards enactment by the officers of the (DTTDC) successful collusion with the contractors.” In his PIL, Mahajan alleged that “after six years of having cognition astir the issues of the ROB and RUB’s operation mishap, the full authorities machinery has failed to code the full issue.”

On Monday, DTTDC submitted earlier the tribunal that “they are consenting to rectify the structural defects successful the flyover, provided the PWD bears the expenditure”. DTTDC besides pointed retired that “a sum of Rs 8 crore is owed and payable to the erstwhile contractor by the PWD”.

The tribunal is owed to instrumentality up the substance adjacent connected December 3 erstwhile the PWD is expected to contiguous the minutes of a gathering held connected November 26 with DTTDC regarding the repair of the flyover.