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NEW DELHI: The underpass project linked with the Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover construction will finally get untangled from the problem related to high-tension wires in the vicinity. “There was a problem related to finances, but it has been resolved and should no longer hamper the pace of construction,” claimed a PWD official. In November 2015, PWD began constructing a 1.2-kilometre underpass from Benito Juarez Road to San Martin Marg passing under Outer Ring Road . The original project cost was estimated at Rs 102.4 crore, but the delay, cost of shifting utilities and tree cutting have inflated it to Rs 143.8 crore. Now finally, the railways has admitted to being the owners.”The underpass project was conceived of in 2013 alongside the skywalk taking pedestrians directly to the Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station of Delhi Metro ..