Two of five new bridges of Ahmedabad named after BJP leaders

Five flyovers have been built on main roads of Ahmedabad in the last two years. Even though these bridges were inaugurated, their nomenclature has not been done. Finally, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has announced the names of the five new bridges. However, it created a fresh controversy as the two of the bridges named after the BJP leaders.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Several municipalities of the neighbouring towns were recently amalgamated with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The city has not only been expanding in its size but also in population. As a result, traffic has also increased.

The traffic is particularly heavy in the busy roads such as Ashram Road, Bapunagar, S G Highway and Hatkeshwar resulting in chaos. To ease the traffic on all major crossroads, flyover bridges have been built.

Five flyovers have been built on main roads of Ahmedabad in the last two years. These are on Income Tax circle, Bapunagar, Anjali Cross Road, Ranip and Hatkeshwar.

All these overbridges have been completed and open for vehicular movement.

These were inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Even though these bridges were inaugurated, their nomenclature has not been done.

Finally, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has announced the names of the five new bridges.

The overbridge on Anjali crossroads has been named after veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj while that on the Income Tax circle has been named after Arun Jaitley.

The bridge which connects the Ranip area to the railway station has been named as as ‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat’ bridge.

The overbridge near Dinesh Chamber Janakshan at Bapunagar has been named after Maharana Pratap while the overbridge at Hatkeshwar has been named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.