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Bengaluru: 5-level interchange at Jayadeva highly ambitious, say experts

The contractor will also have to demolish the Jayadeva flyover and build a five-level interchange in its place.

Bengaluru: The BMRCL will undertake its toughest ever section yet in Phase 2. The RV Road- HSR Layout stretch, part of the Metro line leading to Bommasandra, has found its lower bidder in Hindustan Construction Company.

The contractor has to build the elevated road bridge above the grade level road, the Metro line and concourse above it, for the entire 6.3 km stretch passing through Ragigudda, Jayadeva Hospital, BTM Layout and touching the Central Silk Board.

The contractor will also have to demolish the Jayadeva flyover and build a five-level interchange in its place. All of this in just 36 months as per the BMRCL tender document.

"This is an uphill task with the viaducts (pillars) having to go very high, crossing over the Phase 1 Green Line coming from Banshankari. The Jayadeva Metro interchange, after the flyover is demolished, will have five levels, like a multi-storey building," explained Mr Srinidhi, a member of Praaja RAAG, an advocacy group.

Jayadeva mountain pile
There is an existing underpass, above which the ground level road will be constructed (Level 1). Over this will be the two-way, four-lane elevated road (Level 2). The concourse level where the station and ticketing counters will be is next on the pile (Level 3). The train will go on the RV Road- Bommasandra line, above all this (Level 4). The tip of this mountain is Gottigere-Nagawara line (Level 5).

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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