Kanpur, Jan. 31 -- The nearly 700-metre medical college flyover, a key north-south connector in Kanpur since 2000, is set to be demolished to make way for the proposed 17-km long Mandhana-Anwargunj elevated railway corridor, a project railway officials say is critical to easing the city's chronic congestion.

The Rs.1,112-crore project has received an initial government sanction of Rs.50 crore, and preparatory work is underway following a joint survey by the Railways and the public works department (PWD).

Abhishek Yadav, section engineer with the North Central Railways (NCR), said the flyover intersects the Mandhana-Anwargunj rail alignment, leaving demolition as the only viable option.

"The elevated track cannot proceed without removin...