KRISHNAGIRI: The manufacturing of bearings for four damaged bearings on the ‘GRT’ flyover in Hosur will start on Tuesday, and the entire work such as manufacturing and fixing of the bearing will be completed within a month, a NHAI official told TNIE.
Krishnagiri NHAI project director Ramesh told TNIE, "On June 21, due to damage in bearings of a flyover near Hosur bus stand, lateral shift was reported. However, there was no structural damage. A team of experts from NHAI inspected the flyover and planned to change the four damaged bearings.
On Tuesday, the manufacturing of the four bearings will begin, and it will take two weeks to manufacture and another two weeks to fix the bearings between the box girder and the pedestal. Light vehicles have been allowed on one side of the bridge, on the Krishnagiri-Bengaluru route."
He further said the delay was caused due to some unavoidable situation, and will be rectified within a month.
A Lakshmanan, a resident of Maruthi Nagar and a social activist, told TNIE, "NHAI should assign a special team to study road and traffic issues around Hosur. Already, the construction of a flyover, and road work on Bagalur road is causing trouble for people. Now, a few heavy vehicles heading to Bengaluru are passing through the service road, even though they were asked to use alternative routes.
In future, the construction of a flyover near the upcoming bus stand at Bathlapalli will cause traffic issues for another two years. Therefore, NHAI officials should conduct a meeting with various stakeholders such as industrialists, residential welfare associations, education institutions and others to rectify the issues."
During the inspection earlier, NHAI officials told reporters that the issue will be solved within a month, in the third week of June. However, it is set to take another month now. It may be noted that the ‘GRT’ flyover was constructed in 2002.