The foot overbridge which was being constructed near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium but had collapsed just days ahead of Commonwealth Games will now be reconstructed.


After effect: The collapsed pedestrian bridge. File pic

The collapse of the bridge had caused a major embarrassment to Delhi government in wake of the mega event. "We have decided to reconstruct the foot overbridge and the work on it is likely to begin soon," said a senior government official said.

He said the government is not going to spend any extra money and the contractor will have to bear the cost of rebuilding the bridge. The 95-metre-long under-construction foot overbridge had come crashing down on September 21, last year injuring 27 people. The army had later constructed a temporary Bailey bridge which was removed after the Games were over.

The over Rs 5-crore project was being undertaken by a private firm P and R Infraprojects Ltd by PWD. The company was blacklisted by the city government after the incident.