Dinesh Trasain, PhD student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, has to wait for several minutes at the Munirka crossing below the under-construction flyover before dashing across the road to safety. Even as Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit dedicated two flyovers — at the IIT gate and on Rao Tula Ram Marg — on Wednesday, residents complain of an appalling lack of pedestrian facilities on the stretch.

“The flyovers have been constructed without any consideration for pedestrians. The subway at Munirka is in a shambles and cannot be used. The situation is worse at night when the plying vehicles refuse to stop despite there being a zebra crossing,” Trasain said.

Crossing under the flyover is also difficult, since landscaping work is still on at the site, residents said. “There is heavy machinery lying under the flyover and the road is riddled with potholes. The traffic signals do not work half the time,” Sanchit Sharma, a resident of Vasant Vihar, said.

The stretch — from the first flyover at IIT to NH-8 — lacks subways or foot overbridges. The only one, which is located close to NH-8, was constructed by D S Constructions as part of their concessionaire agreement with the National Highways Authority of India.

A proposal for three foot overbridges on the stretch has been on hold for over a year now. The plan was not approved by the DDA’s Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre earlier, following controversy over the locations of the foot overbridges.

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