A portion of the road on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway caved in and a small chunk of the Rampura flyover on Gurugram-Jaipur Expressway near Manesar came off due to rain on Thursday, causing inconvenience to the commuters.
The sizeable portion of the road on KMP Expressway that caved in near Panchgaon toll plaza have resulted in a huge crater. The damaged portion on Kundli-Palwal carriageway of the expressway was barricaded to prevent any untoward incident. It was later repaired. Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation spokesperson Surender Deswal said the cave-in happened near the exit for Manesar, but it was repaired soon.
The 83-km stretch of the expressway from Kundli to Maneswar was opened to public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last. The 136-km expressway has been built at a cost of around ₹6,000 crore.
In a similar incident, a nearly two-square-foot chunk of the upper layer on the Rampura flyover on Jaipur-Delhi carriageway came off around noon forcing the closure of one of the lanes for traffic. Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, Jaipur, N.N. Giri said the damaged portion was repaired and barricaded by evening. He said that it might take a week before it gets fixed.
In December last, around six square feet concrete chunk of the flyover had fallen off. An FIR was also registered in this connection following a complaint by RTI activist Ramesh Yadav. He said the spot where the recent damage occurred was close to the earlier one. He added that a sample of the construction material would be lifted after a week and sent for detailed examination.
