Bhopal, July 2 -- The newly inaugurated Ambedkar Bridge - commonly known as the GG Flyover - is already showing signs of structural distress, raising serious concerns about construction quality and official oversight just weeks after opening to the public.
The 2.74-kilometre, Rs154-crore flyover, which connects Gayatri Mandir to Ganesh Mandir and was intended to ease traffic near Rani Kamlapati Railway Station (RKMP), has developed cracks, suffered surface erosion, and experienced waterlogging and streetlight failures following the recent monsoon showers.
Commuters began complaining of a bumpy ride within a week of the flyover's launch, prompting the Public Works Department (PWD) to hastily lay an additional layer of bitumen. But the prob...