Construction of Bridge Over River Yamuna

Planning, Design, and Construction of Bridge Over River Yamuna Near Geeta Colony, Delhi

Mr. Alok Bhowmick, Managing Director, B & S Engineering Consultants, Noida

Introduction

The national capital territory of Delhi is bustling with construction activities. Apart from the preparatory works for the ensuing Commonwealth Games scheduled for 2010, Delhi is a fast growing city and exploding with population. The population of Delhi is presently estimated to be over 15 million and is expected to cross 23 million by 2021.

The river Yamuna practically divides Delhi into two zones, namely Western Zone and Eastern Zone. Though geographically, major part of the territory lies on the western side of the river Yamuna, the eastern part of Delhi, popularly known as Trans-Yamuna, has nearly 25% of the population of Delhi with very high population density. The ever-increasing population on the Trans-Yamuna puts increasing pressure on the Highway Authorities to build number of bridges across the river, to meet the growing demand.

As on date (July 2008), 13 bridges exist in Delhi in between Wazirabad and Okhla and 3 more bridges are either presently under construction or in planning stage. The breakup of the 16 Bridges as per various Departments are as follows: