India, Sept. 6 -- LUCKNOW Commuters in Lucknow are likely to heave a sigh of relief soon as work has officially begun on a series of long-awaited underpasses aimed at tackling the city's chronic traffic congestion. The Indian Railways, in collaboration with the UP State Bridge Corporation and the Public Works Department (PWD), has initiated construction of underpasses at five major choke points - Lohia crossing, Nirala Nagar, Ahimamau crossing, Mithaiwala crossing (low height subway) and Khadri near Bakshi Ka Talab.

Once operational, these infrastructure projects are expected to ease bottlenecks for lakhs of daily commuters, streamlining traffic flow across key junctions and reducing reliance on existing overburdened overbridges.

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