Lucknow, Aug. 6 -- After an 11-month lull, construction on the Krishna Nagar-Kesarikheda railway overbridge (RoB) has finally resumed. The project, which had stalled due to land acquisition hurdles and a five-storey building blocking the construction path, is now set to be completed by December 2025. The overbridge is expected to open to the public in January 2026.

Without the RoB, thousands of daily commuters have faced traffic snarls at the railway crossing.

According to officials from the Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation, the primary obstruction - a residential building - has now been cleared, along with compensation-related disputes involving 31 landowners. With these issues resolved, construction work has restarted with pilin...