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The Pumpwell Flyover : Under construction for 10 years!

In the year 2009 construction for a flyover in this junction was approved and it is still under construction ; that's around 10 years for a 1KM flyover .



The project was sanctioned under phase III of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) to the "Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt. Ltd"(NUTPL).The official inauguration of the Pumpwell flyover was supposed to be done on March 31 2013. The date has come and long gone, and since then, residents have heard new and multiple deadlines being set time and again by either local representatives or the NHAI. February 2014, January 2016, June 2016, June 2017, December 2017, April 2018 , February 2019 all deadlines were missed.Despite the non-completion of work, NHAI permitted the NUTPL to collect



The fact-finding team of the Forum For Justice (FFJ), led by its working president Dayanath Kotian and N G Mohan, said that, according to national and international standards, the height of a flyover should be 5.5 meters. But, the board installed at at the construction site reveals the Pumpwell flyover to be at a height of 4.5 meters since the beginning of work on the flyover eight years ago, vehicles with superstructure had rammed the structure as many as six times.



Mangaloreans, utterly frustrated with public representatives and Project Heads of the NHAI are no longer confining their grievance to dharnas and protests, citizen activist are taking social media and have many posts in Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp with memes and trolls of the Pumpwell-flyover.



Continuous trolling, sarcastic celebrations, and even a mock inauguration by the Prime Minister  there is no end to the many creative ways in which Mangaluru residents have been venting their frustration over the in completion of this 900-meter flyover in their city that lies unfinished for close to a decade now.



Sharing some famous trolls running around, so that we can enjoy a light hearted moment of "The Pumpwell flyover".



Translation: Still searching for that guy who told pumpwell flyover will be completed in 2018.





Translation: Trust is dead in this place. One genius was saying it will complete in February.





Translation: You people (engineers) are amazing.

Mahaveer/Pumpwell circle is one of the busiest junctions in Mangalore where two national highways NH66 and NH75 intersect.In the year 2009 construction for a flyover in this junction was approved and it is still under construction ; that's around 10 years for a 1KM flyoverThe project was sanctioned under phase III of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) to the "Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt. Ltd"(NUTPL).The official inauguration of the Pumpwell flyover was supposed to be done on March 31 2013. The date has come and long gone, and since then, residents have heard new and multiple deadlines being set time and again by either local representatives or the NHAI. February 2014, January 2016, June 2016, June 2017, December 2017, April 2018 , February 2019 all deadlines were missed.Despite the non-completion of work, NHAI permitted the NUTPL to collect toll (Illegal / unofficial toll plaza at Surathkal (NH66)? EDIT: There's more) from February 2017.The fact-finding team of the Forum For Justice (FFJ), led by its working president Dayanath Kotian and N G Mohan, said that, according to national and international standards, the height of a flyover should be 5.5 meters. But, the board installed at at the construction site reveals the Pumpwell flyover to be at a height of 4.5 meters since the beginning of work on the flyover eight years ago, vehicles with superstructure had rammed the structure as many as six times.Mangaloreans, utterly frustrated with public representatives and Project Heads of the NHAI are no longer confining their grievance to dharnas and protests, citizen activist are taking social media and have many posts in Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp with memes and trolls of the Pumpwell-flyover.Continuous trolling, sarcastic celebrations, and even a mock inauguration by the Prime Minister  there is no end to the many creative ways in which Mangaluru residents have been venting their frustration over the in completion of this 900-meter flyover in their city that lies unfinished for close to a decade now.Sharing some famous trolls running around, so that we can enjoy a light hearted moment of "The Pumpwell flyover".Translation:Translation:Translation: Attached Thumbnails















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