New Delhi, March 31 -- A fully constructed four-lane bridge over the Najafgarh drain near Badusarai village in southwest Delhi has been lying unused and abandoned for two years since it was constructed as a link to Dwarka. It cannot be used for traffic movement because the irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department failed to acquire land at one end of the bridge, where agricultural fields and trees are in the way of access to Nanak Heri Main Road.
This has left residents and commuters with no other option but to use a single-lane bridge-located parallel to this new bridge-that can only be accessed by one vehicle from either side at a go.
While the construction of the four-lane reinforced cement concrete (RCC) bridge started in 2019 an...