The Pioneer 11.06.2013
IMC removes eight shops for constructing depot for i-buses
the supervision of senior officials of the district administration,
Indore Development Authority and the IMC removed eight shops at the
Niranjanpur square to facilitate construction of a bus depot for
i-buses.
The IDA administration and the affected shopkeepers had been in
continuous talks over the demolition of eight shops located opposite a
petrol pump at Niranjanpur square for the past one week. Protesting the
move, some shopkeepers had also met the district collector and
accordingly they were given a time period of one week to remove their
belongings from the shops to facilitate demolition of their shops.
However, even after the lapse of a week, the shopkeepers had taken no
initiative to remove goods from their shops on their own and demolish
their shops.
Subsequently, a demolition gang of the IMC led by the IMC deputy
commissioner Mahendra Singh Chouhan, nayab tehsildar Ajit Shrivastav
and other senior officials from the IDA reached the demolition site at
Niranjanpur square at 10 am on Monday.
Before starting the demolition works, the shopkeepers were given time
to remove belongings from their shops. Though affected shopkeepers
requested the officials to given them some more time to remove their
goods from the shop, the officials refused them to give more time and
started demolishing shops at around 10.30 am. The shops which were
demolished included Arora Road Lines, Pankaj Motor Parts, Anand Auto
Garage and Jammu and Kashmir dhaba respectively.
On account of demolition works, traffic movement on the BRTS from
Niranjanpur square to Vijay Nagar square remained disrupted for some
hours, causing traffic bottleneck in the locality.