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KANPUR: The construction of Rail Over Bridge at Khapra Mohal railway crossing kickstarted from Tuesday. The deadline of one and a half year has been fixed for the construction of this ROB.With the construction of this ROB, the traffic woes in the area would come to an end. This ROB would especially be beneficial for those who have to reach Kanpur Central railway station. This ROB would be constructed between Cantt side of railway station and Murray Company bridge.The ROB, which is to come over Khapra Mohal railway crossing will be 680 meters in length and 7.5 meters in width. The estimated cost of the bridge is Rs 18 crores.It would be worth mentioning here that a rail over bridge had been in demand over Khapra Mohal railway crossing (level crossing no 83) for past several years. The Khapra Mohal crossing falls on the important Delhi-Allahabad-Howrah route, which is one of the busiest routes on the railway map. As the crossing remains closed for a longer period of time, allowing passage of trains, the commuters are always a harried lot especially those wishing to reach Kanpur Central railway station. When passengers have taken longer route to reach Ghantaghar for reaching Kanpur Central railway station, they have missed their trains. The closure of the Khapra Mohal crossing gates too have caused problem to the commuters. This has happened many a time as a number of trains pass through this railway crossing for Allahabad. This track is therefore, considered very important. It is from Allahabad that trains head towards Kolkata and north-east. All Rajdhani's heading towards Sealdah, Howrah, Kolkata and other north eastern areas, Muri express to name a few trains, pass through this crossing

Keeping these problems in the mind, it was decided to construct a ROB over this railway crossing. On Saturday, a large patch of land will be dug up for laying the foundation of the pillar.

The locals of Khapra Mohal and adjacent areas were happy to know that the work of costruction of ROB has began but they have demanded for extension of the bridge over Lucknow crossing instead of ending it before this crossing so that the traffic woes may end here also. Several trains pass through Lucknow crossing for reaching Unnao and Lucknow and therefore, this is yet another important crossing. Important trains like Pushpak express, Udyog Nagri, Awadh express pass through this crossing.