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“We don’t have problem to construct the footbridge, but the state government has to allocate land for the same,” he added. He said accidents have not stopped, but the authorities have failed to find a solution.Manoj Das, a resident of Zirakpur, said, “The issue of overbridge has been taken up by VIP Road residents as well as Gazipur road residents. He said the MC did not have any power to acquire land and transfer it to the NHAI.K L Sachdeva, director, National Highways Authority of India, said residents had made a request regarding a footbridge a number of times, but the NHAI did not have land in the area. He had taken the injured to the hospital after he was hit by a bike. He said the NHAI had written to MC in this regard and they would soon respond to it.But Manvir Gill, executive officer (EO) of municipal council, refused to have received any such communication from NHAI about land acquisition..