Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and MahaMetro are planning a new road to divert traffic while the stretch in front of Futala lake is closed for redevelopment The new road will connect Bharat Nagar Square on Amravati Road to Telangkhedi Hanuman at the office of Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP).
City MP and union minister Nitin Gadkari had planned the Rs112 crore Futala Lake Redevelopment Project with 4,000 capacity viewers’ gallery and space for restaurants and parking opposite the lake, with a tunnel replacing the existing road.
To begin execution of the proposed project, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) on Thursday demolished restaurants in front of the lake.
MahaMetro officials said, the road in front of the lake is likely to be closed for around a year for the project. “NMC has identified a road to connect Bharat Nagar Square with Telangkhedi Hanuman Mandir Road. The road is reserved in city’s development plan (DP). Therefore, we plan to develop this road as an alternative to Futala Lake road. The new road will help diverting some traffic from Futala Lake road,” he said.
The MahaMetro plan says the new 18 meter road will be developed and remain in place even after Futala Lake project is completed. It will be a cement concrete road. A road currently exists from Bharat Nagar Square till the compound wall of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV). The compound wall will be demolished to construct the new road. The new road will begin from the compound wall, and stretch 500 meter to join the road connecting Ravi Nagar Government Quarters to Telangkhedi Hanuman Mandir Temple at the MJP office.
MahaMetro officials said NMC has sent a letter to PDKV requesting advance possession of the land to commence construction as soon as possible. “NMC will take the land on lease from PDKV immediately. Later, PDKV will have to give the land anyway as it is a DP road,” he said.
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