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Hatkeshwar flyover

Blunderlust rating★★★★★ 3.6 / 5 · 439 reviews⌖ Hatkeshwar, over railway tracks, AhmedabadEntry #12 in Ahmedabad
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On record

The flyover was declared unfit and closed to traffic soon after opening due to substandard construction quality; four directors of the contractor firm were arrested for cheating and criminal conspiracy.

The official record states: "State minister said the rebuild cost would be "recovered from the contractor" responsible for the original faulty work."

“Built in 2021, condemned in 2022, contractors arrested. The full lifecycle in under two years.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

Sources

  • https://deshgujarat.com/2024/09/14/rs-52-crore-cost-includes-demolition-and-rebuilding-previous-contractor-to-cover-expense-sanghavi-clarifies-on-ahmedabad-hatkeshwar-flyover/

Visitor reviews Satire

“Drove over it once, in 2021. That was the whole window, and I am told I should feel privileged.”
WD W. D'Souza · Ahmedabad★★★★★
“Fifty-two crore to take away forty-two crore of concrete, with four company directors arrested somewhere in the middle of the process.”
QR Q. Rahman · Ahmedabad★★★★★
“The minister says the contractor will fund the rebuild. The barricades have not been waiting for that cheque to clear.”
EB E. Bose · Ahmedabad★★★★★
Blunderlust RecordBL/AHM/2020/FLY
Status
Demolished and rebuilt
Category
Flyover
State
Gujarat
Year
Built 2020–21, closed 2022
Cost to taxpayers
₹42 CrOriginal build ~₹42 crore; demolition + rebuild ~₹52 crore

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