LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- For commuters struggling to cross the narrow railway underpass near Dilkusha Kothi during rush hours, a solution is finally in sight but relief may still take time. Northern Railway has sanctioned Rs.14.23 crore for the construction of a twin-box railway underpass near Pipraghat, a long-pending project aimed at easing one of the major traffic bottlenecks connecting the Cantonment, Dilkusha and Gomti Nagar sides of the city. The final sanction was issued nearly a month ago.

The approval is part of a larger Rs.26.73-crore sanction for two railway underpasses in Lucknow, including another project worth Rs.12.50 crore at South City. However, while both projects have received administrative sanction, their execution timelin...