The Hindu
HUBLI: Hubli will soon have three pedestrian over-bridges at places where pedestrians have a difficult time crossing busy roads.
The important thing is that these over-bridges will come up without causing any burden to the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, as the cost of construction will be borne by private companies.
Being built on BOOT (build, operate, own and transfer) basis, these over-bridges will come up near the Old Bus Stand, Kittur Channamma Circle and near the railway station.
The pedestrian over-bridge near the Old Bus Stand will help the commuters to cross the busy Old National Highway, the other one between Prapancha Office and Ganesh Vilas Hotel will help people cross KC Circle.
The third one, which will be built across the Station Road from Railway Station to Kamat Hotel, is meant to help railway passengers, sources in the corporation said.
These places, which have high traffic density, have been identified by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation with the assistance of the Hubli-Dharwad Police Commissionerate.
Each pedestrian over-bridge is expected to cost around Rs. 15 to Rs. 20 lakhs, according to an estimate.
These over-bridges will be of fabricated structure and the company or the person bearing the expenses will have to maintain it for 15 years.
They will also be given the hoarding/advertisement rights as per the specifications laid down by the corporation, the sources said.
Fabricated structures
These bridges will have a roof of plastic sheets. And another important thing is that as these will be of fabricated structure they can be easily dismantled, they said.
Bhoomi puja
Bhoomi Puja for the first of these over-bridges near the Old Bus Stand was performed by Vijayanand Hoskoti, former Mayor and Council member, on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Corporation has sent two designs of the over-bridges submitted by the sponsors to the BVB College of Engineering and Technology for technical comments, the sources said.
