A flyover meant to ease Kolhapur's growing traffic load received in-principle approval but has remained stuck for about two years because the municipal corporation has not appointed a design consultant, with disputes unresolved over who bears service-line relocation costs.
On record
The official record states: "Municipal officials said "once a consultant is appointed in the upcoming general body meeting, work will commence," identifying consultant selection as the bottleneck holding up design and cost finalisation."
Filed as "Never opened — stalled before construction/design stage" and dated to In-principle approval given; no progress roughly 2 years later, this entry sits under the "Not specified (cost estimate itself pending)" line of the public accounts.
What to expect
- Pillars reaching skyward with no deck to justify them.
- A signboard promising an opening date that has since passed, unbothered.
- Traffic queuing patiently beneath the unfinished span.
- Rebar exposed where the road was meant to continue.
Sourcing
1 public source — news reports, RTI replies and civic archives — corroborate this entry. The citation trail is listed below for anyone who would like to follow up with the department concerned.
“The gap in the middle is not a design feature, though it is now permanent.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
Visitor reviews
“Arrived by auto and the driver refused to wait, which should have been a sign. It made me want to read an RTI reply, which is not nothing.”
“Put it on the itinerary as a joke, and it earned its spot. The crane had not moved between my two visits, a year apart.”
“Saw it trending in a local group and had to check it out. It is amenable, at present, mostly to pigeons.”