Lakhs Spent By Noida Authority Rust Away
Many years back, the Noida Authority built a foot overbridge connecting Sector 26 to the Govt Hospital across the road at Sector 30. The prime aim was to facilitate the movements of patients and their families, thus reducing the number of accidents on the road. Built at a cost of many lakhs, today this foot-over-bridge is in a dilapidated state, a victim of apathy and non-maintenance by the NOIDA Authority.
The condition of the foot-over-bridge is worse than bad. It seems that no cleaning has been done for years. The public has stopped using this bridge, which is now home to shady characters.
Lifts had been installed on both sides of the foot-over-bridge for the convenience of the physically challenged patients. Over time, all parts and accessories of the lifts have disappeared, and the lifts themselves are nothing more than junk. Even the stairs are in a bad state, which shake when one steps on them. The iron pipes installed on the bridge, having borne the weather over the years, have become so rusted that one fears they will fall at any time.
Even the tiles, along with other tinsets installed on the bridge, have been stolen by thieves. NOIDA Authority has registered a case against unknown thieves at Sector 20 Police Station.
One wonders why the NOIDA Authority, which talks of its projects on its social media handles, did not schedule an annual maintenance check of this foot-over-bridge. It is feared that the bridge may collapse at any given time, and one shudders to think of the impending accidents that could cause.
