₹85-cr Ahmedabad underpass inaugurated 6 months ago ‘exposes’ poor workmanship

The Jalaram Underpass in Paldi, Ahmedabad, a recently constructed infrastructure, has begun to show signs of deterioration just 172 days after its inauguration by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

Constructed at a cost of around ₹85 crore, the underpass is already showing the exposed reinforcement bars.

The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC), Western Railway, and the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had jointly planned the construction of this underpass in 2016.

This 452-metre-long underpass was inaugurated on March 4.

As per the joint planning of the three agencies, AMC spent ₹33 crore on constructing this underpass. Additionally, GMRC spent ₹47 crore and WR spent ₹3 crore.

According to official sources, the construction work of the underpass was carried out by Ahmedabad-based Ravi Builders.

Further exposing its infrastructural capacity, the authorities had to close the underpass to the public due to structural defects shortly after its inauguration earlier this year.