AHMEDABAD: Commuters began using Jivraj Park flyover on Friday after the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation, which had closed it for public use to complete the ongoing metro work, finished work in just 6 days instead of the 11 days announced earlier.
The authorities said that for completion of work on two portals at Jivraj flyover, GMRC had taken traffic blocks of 11 days in two phases — from August 20 to 26, and from August 26 to 30.
However, the authorities managed to complete work on Friday and traffic movement was restored. GMRC authorities said that additional resources were put into service and both portals were completed in six days.
The officials said the decision to deploy extra machinery and manpower was taken as the flyover saw a lot of traffic and closing it inconvenienced people a lot. The authorities said metro authorities will ask its agencies to deploy more men and complete work fast in areas with heavy traffic flow.
