Pune Municipal Corporation has spent a total of R6.31 crore of taxpayers’ money to build a foot over-bridge (FOB) at the congested Vishrantwadi Chowk, purportedly for your convenience. But in its eagerness to get it inaugurated by a top-notch politician, the civic authority is ready to make citizens endure the snarled traffic of the area for some more time.

Hi-tech bridge: The Vishrantwadi FOB, with its three entrances and three elevators, will benefit citizens of Vishrantwadi, Dhanori and Tingrenagar. It also has CCTV cameras. Pic/Mohan Patil

Since the model code of conduct for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections is under way, no high-profile politician can make an appearance for the opening of the bridge and seen to be claiming credit for it. So the corporation thought it fit to postpone the inaugural ceremony until after the polls, at the cost of safety of thousands of pedestrians, even though the bridge has been ready for over a month and a half now.