Construction Industry News
The Noida authority has stated that the proposed 5.5-kilometer Chilla Causeway has a budget of INR 8000 million and is intended to alleviate traffic congestion on the Delhi-Noida connecting road, which connects Delhi's Mayur Vihar to the Noida Expressway.
According to officials, the budget has been approved by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Mumbai, which acts as a consultant for such projects.
The budget was reviewed by IIT-Mumbai by the Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation (UPSBC), a construction-related state agency. We also sent the estimate to IIT-Roorkee for re-inspection. The project engineer for the Noida authority, Vijay Rawal, stated, "We will move the project to the next stage once it approves the budget."
In November last year, the authority rejected the UPSBC's INR 10,760 million budget claim. The UPSBC claimed the budget because the escalation was excessive. It also ordered the company to change its budget.
The project has been influenced by the UPSBC's numerous budget revisions. The cost of the project has dropped significantly due to changes to the drawings that reduce the amount of steel and other building materials used. Work on the site will resume after IIT Roorkee approves the budget in a week's time.
After chief minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone for the project on January 25, 2019, the authority began work on the Chilla elevated road. In March 2020, at its 200th board meeting, the Noida authority asked its employees to stop working on the Chilla elevated road because of a financial crisis. Interestingly, this was the first time the board had taken the decision to stop working on such a large infrastructure project due to a lack of funds.
