Lucknow: The Outer Ring Street, constructed at a price of about Rs 5000 crore, has been the dream undertaking of Lucknow MP and Protection Minister Rajnath Singh. It was inaugurated in March, however after 5 months in August itself, its situation has deteriorated. There are massive potholes at tons of of locations between Sitapur Street and Devan Street. The layers of corruption have began peeling off within the first robust monsoon itself. Because of the burden of heavy automobiles and accumulation of rainwater, a transparent instance of contractor-officer collusion is seen on the Outer Ring Street. Method roads haven’t been constructed at many locations but. When NHAI officers had been talked to concerning the shortcomings of the Outer Ring Street, they stated that the work within the space the place there are extra potholes was accomplished in 2022. Nonetheless restore work is being carried out. Repairs can be carried out very quickly. Motion can also be being talked about in opposition to the involved contractor company. Development began in 2016, inaugurated in March this yr: The development of the 104 km lengthy Outer Ring Street was began within the yr 2016. Wherein 10 km half was constructed by the State Public Works Division. This half constructed throughout Akhilesh Yadav’s authorities between Devan Street to Sultanpur Street was named Kisan Path. The remaining 94 km was constructed by the Nationwide Highways Authority of India. After 8 years, it was inaugurated in March final yr.

Some notable options are as follows: This highway connects 5 nationwide and 6 state highways, together with Sultanpur Street, Rae Bareli Street, Hardoi Street, Kanpur Street, Ayodhya Street and Sitapur Street. It’s offering journey amenities for passengers going to Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Sitapur, Gonda, Hardoi, Kanpur, Varanasi, Rae Bareli, Sultanpur and can join a complete of 43 villages.

This Outer Ring Street has 157 entry and exit factors. The undertaking contains 26 bridges, 6 railway overbridges, 12 flyovers and 34 underpasses. As soon as totally operational, the Outer Ring Street was anticipated to hold round one lakh automobiles per day, decreasing visitors congestion throughout the metropolis.