On record
Built by Mackintosh Burn Ltd. and inaugurated in January 2011 to link VIP Road/the airport with EM Bypass, a 200-metre iron girder of the flyover collapsed into the Keshtopur canal in March 2013 after a heavily loaded trailer struck the structure, injuring three people. In July 2019, KMDA inspectors found a fresh crack in one of the flyover's piers, forcing a 72-hour traffic shutdown, with officials noting a portion of the same flyover had broken down six years earlier.
The official record states: "2013: police attributed the collapse to a goods trailer (over 20 tonnes) colliding with the structure while negotiating a curve. 2019: the state Urban Development Minister said the Principal Secretary would seek an explanation from builder Mackintosh Burn Ltd."
“A girder into the canal in 2013 and a crack in 2019. The airport link keeps finding new ways to alarm.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-asian-age/20130304/283880160554396
- https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kolkata-crack-reported-in-ultadanga-flyover-traffic-routes-diverted-check-updates-here-2770461
Visitor reviews Satire
“Two hundred metres of girder went into the Keshtopur canal in 2013 after a trailer clipped it on the curve.”
“In 2019 the inspectors found a cracked pier and shut the airport link for seventy-two hours.”
“Six years apart, two failures, one builder, and an explanation still being sought from them.”
