<p>The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered a notice to the state government and the BBMP in response to a PIL with regard to the construction of the Ejipura flyover.</p>.<p>The 2.5-km flyover between Ejipura Junction and Kendriya Sadhan in Koramangala was to open in 2019.</p>.<p>A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka was hearing a PIL filed by Koramangala resident Adinarayan Shetty. The senior citizen said the construction of the flyover has been stopped abruptly.</p>.<p>The construction was to be completed on or before November 4, 2019. However, so far, only 50% of the work has been completed, the petition said.</p>.<p>The project was initiated under the JNNURM scheme with a shared financing pattern comprising the central government (35%), state government (15%) and the BBMP (50%).</p>.<p>The petition said that the tender for the project was invited in 2014 with an approximate cost of Rs 158 crore and was to be completed within a period of 30 months. The tender was awarded to Simplex Infrastructure Limited on May 4, 2017.</p>.<p>Though the date of completion was November 4, 2019, the construction has been stalled. The bench has directed the BBMP commissioner to file a statement of objections setting out the outer limit within which the construction will be completed by August 30. </p>
<p>The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered a notice to the state government and the BBMP in response to a PIL with regard to the construction of the Ejipura flyover.</p>.<p>The 2.5-km flyover between Ejipura Junction and Kendriya Sadhan in Koramangala was to open in 2019.</p>.<p>A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka was hearing a PIL filed by Koramangala resident Adinarayan Shetty. The senior citizen said the construction of the flyover has been stopped abruptly.</p>.<p>The construction was to be completed on or before November 4, 2019. However, so far, only 50% of the work has been completed, the petition said.</p>.<p>The project was initiated under the JNNURM scheme with a shared financing pattern comprising the central government (35%), state government (15%) and the BBMP (50%).</p>.<p>The petition said that the tender for the project was invited in 2014 with an approximate cost of Rs 158 crore and was to be completed within a period of 30 months. The tender was awarded to Simplex Infrastructure Limited on May 4, 2017.</p>.<p>Though the date of completion was November 4, 2019, the construction has been stalled. The bench has directed the BBMP commissioner to file a statement of objections setting out the outer limit within which the construction will be completed by August 30. </p>
