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cutting of trees: Residents meet civic body commissioner

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 11:45 administrator
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Indian Express 20.04.2010

cutting of trees: Residents meet civic body commissioner

Express News Service Tags : cutting of trees Posted: Tuesday , Apr 20, 2010 at 0443 hrs

Chandigarh: A group of citizens met Municipal Commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria today and submitted a representation and report about discrepancies associated with felling of trees in Sector 15 for the purpose of road widening. The group comprised of Ramneek Bansal, Dr Gaurav Chhabra and Vivek Aditya. The report prepared by the group states that while the Municipal Commissioner ordered to stop cutting of trees till today, the same day officials of the civic body renumbered some of the trees and also cut one of the thickest trees to remove the evidence of false measurements. The volunteers over the last two days have conducted the survey of trees. The report states that since the numbering was incorrect more trees were cut than the approved number. The thicker trees are cut first, it said.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 April 2010 11:46
 

Road-widening to begin after three months

Friday, 16 April 2010 05:12 administrator
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The Hindu 16.04.2010

Road-widening to begin after three months

Special Correspondent

GULBARGA: The district administration and the Gulbarga City Corporation will take three months to complete the legal formalities to start widening the four arterial roads in the city, Deputy Commissioner R. Vishal has said.

Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, Dr. Vishal and Corporation Commissioner Manojkumar Jain said this would also give adequate time for those whose land was being acquired, to make alternative arrangements.

Dr. Vishal said that despite the Government giving its nod for the use of the emergency clause under Section 17 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act to demolish structures on the identified land, the authorities would have to follow some mandatory rules and legal procedures before beginning the actual demolition.

To use the emergency provision under Section 17(1) of the Act, local authorities would have to take up Joint Measurement Certification of the roads, he added. After that, owners of structures on the roads would be issued notices under Section 12 (2) of the Land Acquisition Act.

Dr. Vishal said that notification under Section 6(1) of the Act would also be issued and a gazette notification was mandatory before demolishing the identified structures. Survey

Maytas ILFS, which will construct the airport on the outskirts of Gulbarga city, would take up a fresh survey of the 700 acres of land identified for construction of the airport, Dr. Vishal said.

After the survey, on May 15, Dr. Vishal said Maytas ILFS would sign a lease agreement with the Government, before beginning construction of the airport.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 April 2010 05:13
 

Civic body nod for 30-km inner ring road, 52-km monorail

Thursday, 15 April 2010 10:47 administrator
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Indian Express 15.04.2010

Civic body nod for 30-km inner ring road, 52-km monorail

Express News Service Tags : HCMTR, roads Posted: Thursday , Apr 15, 2010 at 0411 hrs

Pune: A high-capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) to execute an “inner ring road” and a monorail above the same ring road are two build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects approved by the BOT committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday.

A 22-km monorail has also been approved between Warje and Kharadi; the total length of the monorail is now being pegged at 52 km with 30 km coming above the inner ring road. These projects are proposed to be carried out in what the PMC has termed as the design-build-operate-own-transfer (DBOOT) model.

The decision, in effect, is a follow-up of the 1987 development plan of Pune that had earmarked a high capacity mass transit route connecting Bopodi and Hadapsar. The plan had underlined the need to execute an “inner ring road” project linking various thoroughfares within the municipal limits.

The state town planning department had worked out a detailed route of the inner ring road that will pass through various congested areas in the city and link the main thoroughfares. However, the execution of the 1987 plan, which would have helped speedy connectivity within city limits, was put on the backburner. However, on Tuesday, the civic committee took a decision to clear the HCMTR project, of which the inner ring road is an integral part. “The committee unanimously cleared the proposal to construct a ring road, which is part of the HCMTR project. We suggested that the agency that would get the project for implementation would have to execute all the aspects of the project. It entails getting permission from the government machinery, preparing a project report, tendering, as well as the execution part of it. There will not be a separate consulting agency appointed, as the same agency has to do all the work,” Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal told the media on Wednesday.

“Both the ring road and monorail projects will be executed in a DBOOT manner. These proposals were pending for a long time and have been cleared now, keeping in mind the requirements of citizens. The cost details will be decided by the agency taking up the project for implementation,” BOT committee member Nilesh Nikam said.

The proposals to construct a skywalk on the Shivajinagar-Shaniwarwada route as well as on the Swargate-Mahatma Phule Mandai route have also been cleared. “Since both the roads witness a huge rush of vehicles and pedestrians, it will lead to huge traffic snarls. Hence the skywalks,” Rajpal said.

Also proposed
Multi-storeyed mechanised parking facility in Budhwar Peth
A pedestrian bridge near Katraj Dairy
Water vending machines in civic gardens

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 April 2010 10:49
 
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