Flyover near Karnavati Club on SG Highway
The clash has occurred at pillar P-27, where the pile cap — the concrete foundation anchoring the pillar — was designed and built over the existing Jaspur main trunk water pipeline. Due to this rising traffic on SG Highway, more flyovers are currently being constructed.
An AMC official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, “A decision has been taken to shift the existing 900mm diameter Jaspur main trunk pipeline. The official said, “Underground utilities are generally not surveyed beforehand when flyover designs are prepared. A senior AMC source said, “Vehicle traffic on the SG Highway passing through the western part of Ahmedabad city has been increasing. AMC sources said traffic snarls frequently occur at three-way and four-way junctions along this stretch.
The flyover is being jointly constructed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the state govt’s roads and buildings department (R&B). It runs from Iskcon Bridge, past Karnavati Club and Prahladnagar Junction, towards YMCA Club. Since the pillar is being constructed over the main trunk pipeline in the bridge design, plans have been made to decommission the branch line and connect it across SG Highway. Approval has been granted for this work. Moreover, during SG Highway development and bridge construction works, pillars are sometimes built directly over underground utilities and manholes are covered up, which also leads to waterlogging issues. Meanwhile, the growing volume of traffic on SG Highway is driving the construction of more elevated structures. To address the bottlenecks, plans are now underway for another flyover beginning near Gota bridge and bypassing the Jagatpur and Chharodi junctions before reaching the Nirma University stretch.