Rs. 100 crore flyover 1.5 km long to come up at Rajkot – Hirasar Airport road

Rajkot: The government has approved Rs. 100 crore 1.50 km long flyover bridge connecting a new Rajkot airport at Hirasar. A review of the project was done under the Gatishakti project by the Prime Minister’s Office.

It is learnt that the proposed bridge, once ready will connect Rajkot city to Hirasar airport without facing traffic of Rajkot – Ahmedabad highway.

Among other projects discussed by the district collector was the Rajkot – Kanalus railway double line project in which compensation over land acquisition has been paid to affected people across 13 villages of Rajkot district but in 21 cases family disputes over Varsai are going on. The district administration has served the last notice to the concerned people.

The meeting also discussed the AIIMS project. According to the district collector, a 250-bed IPD (indoor patient department) will be inaugurated by the end of December.

The other things discussed were the last phase of works on the bridge towards Morbi Road and land acquisition for the construction of a bridge on Jamnagar Road. DeshGujarat