Collapsed foot overbridge in delhi to be reconstructed

New Delhi : The Delhi government has finally decided to reconstruct the foot overbridge outside the jawaharlal Nehru stadium which had collapsed just days before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games last October,causing a major embarrassment to the country.

"We have decided to reconstruct the foot overbridge,and the work is likely to begin soon,"a top government official said.He said the government is not going to spend any extra money and the constractor will have to bear the cost of rebuilding the bridge.The 95-meter-long under-construction foot overbridge had come crashing down on september 21,injuring 27 people and causing a major embarrassment to the country in the run-up to the mega sporting event.The over Rs 5-crore project was contracted to private firm P and R infraprojects by PWD.The company was blacklisted by the city government after the incident.