Bhopal, March 27 -- Billed as a New Year gift to the city, the Ambedkar Flyover has started to lose its sheen, with many of its street lights falling into disrepair, forcing commuters to navigate in the dark.
The flyover has 154 poles with a total of 774 lights. Each pole is equipped with three types of lights: a red light at the top, a main light on the arm of the pole, and a strip light at its base.
In front of DB Mall, more than three consecutive streetlights are completely non-operational. At present, lights on more than 30 of these poles are not functioning properly.
Naveen, a manager at a well known food aggregator, says that only one light on the flyover used to work properly, and now even that is starting to fail.
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