CM Gupta lays foundation for FOB near Rajputana Rifles HQ

Chief minister Rekha Gupta and Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a foot overbridge near the Rajputana Rifles headquarters in Delhi Cantonment area along the Ring Road.

- Snehil Sinha

Officials said that tenders have been floated for the work and the overbridge is expected to be ready by March next year.

"This is a Diwali gift for our brave soldiers who were earlier forced to cross a tunnel which was at a very low height and dirty. As soon as the Rajputana Rifles team informed us about this problem, our government got into action and approved the construction of FOB. The previous governments never appreciated the importance of our brave soldiers," CM Gupta said at the foundation laying ceremony.

The CM along with other ministers also visited the culvert that has been used by the soldiers for years to reach the other side. She said that they will not have to use it next monsoon.