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Nashik Municipal Corporation decides to take up road works on its own

Tuesday, 04 June 2013 12:11 administrator
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The Times of India              04.06.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation decides to take up road works on its own

NASHIK: With uncertainty looming large over prompt disbursement of adequate funds for infrastructure projects in the city for preparations for the forthoming Kumbh mela, the cash-strapped Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to take up the work of creating the first ring road under its jurisdiction.

The civic body has decided to the start the process of inviting tenders on its own and the actual work is expected to begin after the monsoon. The project will be executed under the deferred payment scheme due to paucity of funds.

Speaking to TOI, a senior NMC official said, "We have decided to develop ring roads and other major roads in the city through deferred payment scheme of Rs 250 crore. We are in the process of inviting tenders for the ring roads and other roads. The tender process will be completed and the contract will be awarded shortly so that the actual work can begin right after the rainy season."

He further said, "It is still not clear as to when we will get funds for the Kumbh mela from the state government. The roads will be developed by the time the mela commences in 2015 if we start work right now. Hence, we don't want to waste any more time and will have to undertake the road works through the deferred payment scheme."

Among other major roads, the NMC has given priority for creating the first inner ring road in the city with a total length of 20.3 km. The road will start and end at Lekhanagar, via Rajsarthi, Vijay Mamta junction, Takligaon, Sangam bridge, Aurangabad Road, Amrutdham, Gunjal farm, MERI, Makhmalabad Road, Kranti Nagar, Indraprastha bridge, Old Gangapur naka, ABB Circle - City Centre mall and Manoharnagar.

Civic officials said that to create the ring road, they will have to first clear blockages on the routes in five places — Makhmalabad canal, Gunjalbaba Nagar (locations between Tarwalanagar and Hirawadi backside), Talkli bridge, Untawadi Mhasoba bridge and NAMCO cancer hospital.

Some road works whose expenditure would amount to Rs 250 crore will be carried out through the deferred payment scheme. The period of completion of road works under the scheme will be two years and the NMC would pay the expenditure incurred to the contractor concerned in equal installments over a period of five years after the construction of the road is completed. 

 

Foundation laid for Tolichowki flyover, widening of roads

Sunday, 02 June 2013 00:00 administrator
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The New Indian Express                 02.06.2013

Foundation laid for Tolichowki flyover, widening of roads

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy laid foundation stones for three road widening works and as well as construction of a flyover at Tolichowki junction here on Saturday in Greater Hyderabad limits. The estimated cost of these four projects is at Rs 153.28 crore.

As part of his whirlwind day-long programme, the chief minister arrived at Botanical garden junction, Kondapur where he laid a foundation stone for road widening works from botanical garden to old Bombay highway via Masjid Banda village at an estimated cost of `35 crore . The length of the road to be widened is 3.8 KM and the road be widened from its present width of 7.5 to 13 meters to 36.5 meters. The six lane divided road will have 2 meter cycle and 3 meter footpath cum drain. The road will form a major link between Hi-tech city to old Bombay road which will ease out the traffic on Kondapur main road. The GHMC has aims to complete the project within 24 months starting from Saturday.

Later, the chief minister drove down to Tolichowki junction where he laid a foundation stone flyover at a cost of Rs 45.90 crore and the length of the flyover is 650 meters.  With the construction of the flyover the traffic congestion will be eased out from Mehdipatnam to Gachibowli and Hi-tech city and vice versa besides it also reduces the time of the travel between these places. The six lane fly-over was also proposed to develop as expressway in future. The GHMC set a goal to complete the project within 18 months.

At the same place, the chief minister also laid the foundation stone for widening of the road from Tolichowki junction to Gachibowli for a stretch of 7.45 KM at an estimated cost of Rs 43.48 crore. The six lane divided carriageway will have 2.5 meter wide cycle track and 3.3 meter wide footpath cum drain on either side of the road. The GHMC aims to complete the project within 24 months.

The chief minister later drove down to Ram Singh Pura, Ganesh Ghat where he laid down a foundation stone for widening of a road from Nandanavanam (Moghal Ka Nala) to Purnapul. The estimated cost of the 3.43 KM length project is Rs 29 crore. The proposed road will form a major link from old city to airport. Further, the existing roads at Purnapul junction i.e Karwan and Jiyaguda roads have already saturated in terms of traffic volume passing through the roads and also the widening of the roads will not possible be on these roads because of existence of religious structures.

 

Repair potholes in a week, Nashik Municipal Corporation told

Friday, 31 May 2013 11:39 administrator
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The Times of India               31.05.2013

Repair potholes in a week, Nashik Municipal Corporation told

NASHIK: Chairperson of the Nashik Road divisional committee of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) SunitaKothule on Thursday directed the civic administration to repair potholes on the roads across the Nashik Road division within a week.

Corporator Shobhana Shinde said, "The condition of the roads in prabhag no. 35 has deteriorated and it will become worse if road repair works are not carried out before the rainy season begins."

Various civic work proposals worth Rs 35.26 lakh were passed at the meeting of the Nashik Road divisional committee. The works included carrying flooring works worth Rs 1.98 lakh at the community hall in Lokmanyanagar in prabhag no. 56, concretisation of road from the road towards Rokdobawadi bridge in prabhag no. 61 at the cost of Rs 1.98 lakh, macadamisation of the road in front of Nageshwar temple in prabhag no. 33 at a cost of Rs 1.97 lakh, widening and macadamisation of the road in front of Vishvanath Apartment in Shrikrishnanagar in prabhag no. 33 and setting up of windows in the female surgical ward passage in Bytco hospital at a cost of Rs1.99 lakh, among others.

The issue of defunct streetlights in some prabhags of the division was also discussed at the meeting. The chairpersons instructed the officials concerend to look into the matter.

In the meeting of the Nashik West division committee of the NMC, chairperson Arvind Shelke directed the health and sanitary officials to take care of the complaints in ward no. 13. He also asked officials to identify and trim trees along the roads in ward no. 13 and 25 by Monday in view of the approaching monsoon.

 
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