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New Town to get three subways, an overbridge

Thursday, 13 February 2014 09:38 administrator
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The Times of India             13.02.2014

New Town to get three subways, an overbridge

KOLKATA: Rajarhat New Town's smooth roads over which vehicles zip by have always been a challenge for pedestrians to cross, often leading to accidents. But there's a solution in sight now. A number of pedestrian subways are being constructed by the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) under the arterial road of Bengal's showcase township.

NKDA and Hidco chairman Debashis Sen said one subway has already been commissioned at Akhankha More close to Chinar Park and another at DLF More is under way. A third has been planned in front of Eco Park.

"The subway at DLF More is expected to be completed by Durga Puja," Sen said. This subway, commissioned last year, has a number of exit and entry points.

The one at DLF More in Action Area I will provide relief to thousands of employees of IT sector offices and residents of apartment blocks that have come up around that spot. With a sharp increase in vehicular traffic on this road that leads to Salt Lake Sector V, the subway has been a longstanding demand of locals.

Official projections say that traffic on this road is set for an exponential rise as more residential and commercial complexes come up.

That's why the NKDA has planned another 60-metre-long subway to connect Eco Park's gate No. 2 to the bus stand in front of Finance Centre on the other side. The advanced tunnel boring system being used for Metro will be used for building this subway.

Apart from these subways, NKDA will construct a canal overbridge in Action Area III to replace the existing steel Bailey bridge. It will help vehicles enter Action Area III where several major residential and commercial projects are coming up. Soil testing for the project has started.

 

HUDA to fine architects for faulty building plans

Thursday, 13 February 2014 09:37 administrator
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The Times of India             13.02.2014

HUDA to fine architects for faulty building plans

GURGAON: Architects, not house owners, will be issued notices if HUDA authorities find violations in building layouts in newly constructed houses within its jurisdiction.

Normally, HUDA sends a notice to a house owner if it finds discrepancies at the time of issuing the completion certificate. The authority refuses to issue such a certificate in case of a violation.

"Violations in building layouts take place because of an architect's mistake. It is the responsibility of the architect to stick to the rules," said HUDA administrator P C Meena. He said that issuing notices to house owners was unnecessary because it was the architect who submitted the building plan to the authorities.

In Gurgaon, for every house in plotted sectors, an architect is engaged to plan the house in accordance with the rule book. "Ideally, this step should have been taken a long time ago when the construction work was under way in many old sectors. If architects strictly ensure that a building is built according to the layout plan, there is no need to bribe anyone in HUDA," said a resident.

In the new system, HUDA officials will survey a new building and inspect its layout plan. In case the house has structural violations of any kind, the architect will be issued a notice.

Architects, however, argued they were forced to make changes at the insistence of house owners. A city-based architect said, "If there is any new rule holding the architect responsible for building layout violation then it is disheartening. Changes are done by house owners and contractors. We have no role in them."

 

Now, send an email directly to HUDA chief

Thursday, 13 February 2014 09:35 administrator
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The Times of India             13.02.2014

Now, send an email directly to HUDA chief

GURGAON: HUDA has opened a new email account to receive complaints from residents. HUDA administrator PC Meena said: "Anyone can mail the complaint at hudagurgaoncomplaints@gmail.com with their details and contact numbers. I will personally access each and every email and monitor the progress." Meena said the emails will be forwarded to officials of the departments concerned. "All the officials have been directed to take action on each complaint in a time-bound manner and send a report to me," Meena added.

The residents have welcomed the decision of HUDA for providing an email facility but they demanded strict monitoring of the complaints. President of sector 5 and 6 RWA Meenu Singh said: "The email facility is good but what about the monitoring of the complaints. The HUDA officials take no action on written complaints, only time will tell as how they handle emails." She agreed that the residents face a lot of problems mostly related to completion certificate and poor infrastructure in the colonies.

There are residents who rubbished the email facility of the HUDA. "I have been mailing the HUDA officials about the complaints we are facing here in sector 56 but no one responds I am sure they just delete it and forget," said Yadram Gupta.

 
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