20-foot section of Noida Elevated Road caves in, repairs begin

A 20-foot section of the Noida Elevated Road on the Sector 60 to Sector 18 side caved in near Vishwa Bharti Public School in Sector 28 on Tuesday at around 10am.

No injuries were reported in the incident. The Noida Authority has started repair work and launched an investigation to determine what caused the road section to cave in.

SP Singh, general manager, Noida Authority, said, “We will repair the stretch at earliest so that commuters do not face much issue.”

The damaged section was immediately reserved for repairs, resulting in traffic tailbacks during peak hours.

The authority has restricted one lane of the elevated road. The area around the pothole was also dug up after officials found that the surrounding portion had become weak.

Repair work was subsequently started on the affected section.

The 4.8-km elevated road was constructed at a cost of Rs 480 crore and opened to the public in 2017. It connects several Noida sectors, including 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 60, 61 and 62.

The elevated road is also used by commuters travelling between Noida and Delhi through the DND Flyway, including residents of Indirapuram and Vaishali in Ghaziabad.

The structure underwent repair and restoration work in March 2024 after developing cracks.

The Noida Authority has now begun another investigation into the latest damage while carrying out repairs on the affected stretch.