On record
Built by Kolkata-based Simplex and opened in 2009, this 1.65 km flyover developed an expansion-joint problem at pillar no. 2 in 2023 (₹2 crore repair) and then cracks in pillar no. 4 in late 2024, with engineers concluding "the pillar had failed." Assam PWD had to install temporary load-distribution supports and called in IIT-Guwahati and RITES to test the structure's design, construction and concrete quality more than a decade after its defect-liability period had lapsed.
The official record states: "A senior PWD engineer said RITES was "entrusted with post-construction testing" to examine "design, construction, and composition of the concrete used"; findings were pending as of early 2025."
“Pillar 2 in 2023, pillar 4 in 2024. The engineers are working through them in order.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/guwahati-six-mile-flyover-fate-hinges-on-rites-report
- https://assamtribune.com/guwahati/rites-engineering-firm-to-study-six-mile-flyovers-structural-issues-1565530
Visitor reviews Satire
“Pillar two in 2023, pillar four in 2024. The engineers appear to be working through them in numerical order.”
“Temporary load-distribution supports on a GS Road flyover while IIT Guwahati tests concrete poured in 2009.”
“Forty-seven crore became seventy-eight during construction, and the defect liability period expired long before the defects did.”
