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Sadar Flyover

Blunderlust rating★★★★★ 4.1 / 5 · 416 reviews⌖ Sadar, near Samvidhan Square, NagpurEntry #05 in Nagpur

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This 3.9km flyover was built with a poorly designed landing that created a chronic traffic bottleneck at Samvidhan Square soon after opening. A state minister publicly acknowledged the "faulty design," and a ₹34-crore modification plan was announced, but implementation has stalled amid inter-agency disputes.

The official record states: "A state minister acknowledged the flyover's landing had a "faulty design"; the follow-up ₹34-crore fix remains stuck between implementing agencies."

“A ₹219-crore flyover with a landing so bad it needed a ₹34-crore apology.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

Sources

  • https://www.thenewsdirt.com/post/nagpur-s-new-flyovers-expose-cracks-in-quality-and-accountability

Visitor reviews Satire

“Sailed along all 3.9 kilometres and then joined a permanent traffic jam at the bottom, which is where the design ends.”
ZA Z. Ansari · Nagpur★★★★★
“Two hundred and nineteen crore to build, thirty-four crore to fix the landing, and not one rupee spent yet on the fixing.”
OB O. Bhatia · Nagpur★★★★★
“A minister has publicly agreed the design is faulty. The agencies are now arguing about whose fault the agreement is.”
WL W. Lobo · Nagpur★★★★★
Blunderlust RecordBL/NAG/2020/FLY
Status
Still standing (barely): design defect unresolved
Category
Flyover
State
Maharashtra
Year
Opened early 2020
Cost to taxpayers
₹219 Cr

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