Vijayanagara Deputy Commissioner sets August-end deadline for completion of Hampi Road railway overbridge

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Vijayanagara Deputy Commissioner Kavitha S. Mannikeri chairing a reappraisal  gathering  connected  the advancement  of the Hampi Road railway overbridge task  astatine  Hosapete connected  Tuesday (June 2).

Vijayanagara Deputy Commissioner Kavitha S. Mannikeri chairing a reappraisal gathering connected the advancement of the Hampi Road railway overbridge task astatine Hosapete connected Tuesday (June 2). | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Vijayanagara Deputy Commissioner Kavitha S. Mannikeri has directed officials and the contractor to implicit the operation of the long-pending railway overbridge astatine Ananthashayanagudi railway crossing connected Hampi Road by the extremity of August and unfastened it up to the nationalist aft rectifying each deficiencies successful the project.

Chairing an exigency reappraisal gathering connected the advancement of the overbridge enactment astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau connected Tuesday (June 2), Ms. Mannikeri expressed beardown dissatisfaction implicit the dilatory gait of operation contempt each large hurdles having already been crossed by the territory administration.

She said issues relating to onshore acquisition, merchandise of funds and method obstacles, which had delayed the task successful the past, had been resolved, paving the mode for creaseless execution of the work. However, the task continued to advancement astatine a snail’s pace, drafting disapproval from the nationalist arsenic good arsenic section elected representatives, she noted.

Describing Hampi Road arsenic 1 of Hosapete’s cardinal arterial roads, the Deputy Commissioner said thousands of commuters and motorists were being forced to endure terrible postulation congestion each time due to the fact that the overbridge enactment remained incomplete adjacent the railway gate.

Ms. Mannikeri warned that nary further excuses for hold would beryllium entertained and instructed the authorities acrophobic to instantly rectify insignificant shortcomings and expedite the remaining work. She besides sought a broad study connected the advancement achieved by the extremity of June and the improvement works carried retired during the month.

The Deputy Commissioner directed that, isolated from the main overbridge, the work roadworthy indispensable for creaseless vehicular question should besides beryllium completed and opened for nationalist usage wrong the August deadline. At the aforesaid time, she stressed that prime should not beryllium compromised successful the unreserved to implicit the project.

She instructed officials of the Railways and the Public Works Department to enactment successful adjacent coordination and cautioned that immoderate further hold would not beryllium tolerated. The overbridge indispensable beryllium made operational for nationalist postulation by the extremity of August, she said.

Superintendent of Police S. Jahnavi, Assistant Commissioner Vivekananda, District Urban Development Cell task manager Manohar, Regional Transport Officer Damodar, tahsildar Shruti M., elder officials of the Public Works Department, the Chief Engineer of the South Western Railway’s Hubballi Division and the task contractor were contiguous astatine the meeting.

Published - June 02, 2026 07:21 p.m. IST

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