The Times of India            07.08.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation to speed up land acquisition worth Rs 500 crore

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) administration has decided to speed up the acquisition of land at 46 locations across the city, estimated to cost around Rs 500 crore.

The civic administration has shortlisted these 46, out of a total of 225 acquisition proposals, on a priority basis. These 46 proposals include five plots for internal ring roads, which are to be completed before the Kumbh Mela. "Our major objective is to speed up the acquisitions of land at these 46 locations for various civic projects of the NMC. The proposals have been shortlisted considering the infrastructural development of the city, the upcoming Kumbh mela and pollution control. The list mainly includes the proposals of land acquisition for inner and outer ring roads, roads coming towards the river Godavari, sewage treatment plant (STP) and parking spaces," a senior NMC official told TOI on Tuesday.

Land will be acquired on five locations on the 20.3-km long ring road, starting and ending at Lekhanagar. These five places locations are Makhmalabad canal, Gunjalbaba Nagar (the locations between Tarwalanagar and Hirawadi backside), Talkli bridge, Untawadi Mhasoba bridge and NAMCO Cancer Hospital. The road starts from Lekhanagar, via Rajsarthi-Vadalagao-Vijay Mamta junction-Takligaon-Sangam bridge-Aurangabad-Amrutdham-Gunjal farm-MERI-Makhmalabad Road-Kranti Nagar-Indraprastha Bridge-Old Gangapur Naka-ABB Circle-City Centre mall and Manohar Nagar, and will finally end at Lekhanagar.

The NMC is also planning new connectivity from Trimbak Road to the Mumbai-Agra Highway, via ABB Circle, City Centre mall, Manohar Nagar and Govind Nagar. Connecting roads will require acquisition of land at four locations. Land will be acquired at two locations from City Central mall to the new Untawadi bridge and Untawadi bridge to Manohar Nagar.

Highlights

•  16 proposals of land acquisition for widening of the Shahi Marg and roads leading to river Godavari
•  20 proposals of land acquisition for various ring roads
•  Five blockages are to be cleared by acquiring small plots for the first 20.3-km inner ring road, starting and ending at Lekhanagar. These five places locations are Makhmalabad canal, Gunjalbaba Nagar (the locations between Tarwalanagar and Hirawadi backside), Talkli bridge, Untawadi Mhasoba bridge and NAMCO Cancer Hospital
• The city will have new roads connecting Trimbak Road to the Mumbai-Agra Highway, via ABB Circle, City Centra mall, Manohar Nagar and Govind Nagar. Land is to be acquired at two locations from City Centre mall to the new Untawadi bridge and from Untawadi bridge to Manohar Nagar.
•  5 proposals for other major roads
•  2 proposals for acquisition of land for the proposed sewage treatment plant at Gangapur village and Pimpalgaon Khamb
•  3 proposals for parking spaces