# PIL filed over Lucknow-Kanpur E-way failures, IIT report due 2026-08-13T07:58:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets A public interest litigation has been filed in the Allahabad High Court over repeated damage and poor construction of the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, which saw a section cave in just 12 days after its July 13 inauguration. The court has sought responses from the Centre, Uttar Pradesh government, NHAI and concessionaire PNC Infratech. The petition also questions the toll rate of Rs 4.37 per km, among the highest on Indian expressways. Meanwhile, an IIT Kharagpur team probing the failures has preliminary pointed to possible design and drainage deficiencies rather than just poor construction, HT reports. Water seepage up to 18 feet deep has been found. The final report, expected in a week, will determine whether the Rs 4,200-crore project suffered from systemic design flaws or isolated construction defects. NHAI has already suspended toll collection and directed reconstruction at the concessionaire's cost. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - indiatoday.in Tags: design flaws, IIT-Kharagpur, Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, NHAI, road infrastructure Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iit-team-finds-design-flaws-likely-behind-lucknow-kanpur-e-way-damage/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iit-team-finds-design-flaws-likely-behind-lucknow-kanpur-e-way-damage/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.