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Billed as Madhya Pradesh's longest flyover (7 km, including a 192-metre single-span cable-stayed bridge over a railway line) and inaugurated in August 2025 to cut travel time between Damoh Naka and Madan Mahal from 40 minutes to 7, cracks were reported on the structure even before it opened to the public, prompting an inspection by the state PWD.
The official record states: "PWD Additional Chief Secretary Neeraj Mandloi said "the visible cracks are due to seasonal changes affecting the expansion joints, which are deliberately left for weather-related adjustments," and that "no cracks have been found in the pillars or the internal structure.""
“The state's longest flyover, ₹1,200 crore, cracked before the public had finished using it for the first time.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/cracks-spotted-on-madhya-pradeshs-longest-flyover-being-built-in-jabalpur-pwd-inspects-ensures-safety-quality
- https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/madhya-pradesh/madhya-pradeshs-longest-flyover-inaugurated-in-jabalpur-to-cut-travel-time-from-40-to-7-minutes/
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“Seven kilometres, twelve hundred crore, and cracks reported before the public had properly used it once.”
“The promise was forty minutes cut to seven. The delivery was an inspection team with a measuring tape.”
“PWD says the cracks are seasonal movement at the expansion joints, which were deliberately left for exactly this weather they did not survive.”
