17 years on, residents suffer due to lack of road in layout, but NIT unmoved, ET RealEstate
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NAGPUR: Residents of three localities along the Inner Ring Road (IRR) stretch in South Nagpur are awaiting construction of an internal road for the 17 last years but the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) is looking the other way allegedly to favour some encroachers.
Also, the civic agency has failed to act on the order of Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court issued four years ago to remove encroachments. On September 1, 2022, too had reported about encroachments on the land where the road was to be constructed. New encroachments were seen when TOI visited the spot recently. Two shopkeepers are using a part of the road.
A couple of the citizens on the condition of anonymity told TOI, “A small portion of the road was constructed from Bhagwan Nagar Road for around 50 metre parallel to IRR from Omkar Nagar Square up to the last lane of Kawrapeth. But the road was supposed to be connected to all internal roads of Shukla Nagar and end at the entrance of Dwarkapuri.”
They said that motorists take the wrong side from Omkar Nagar Square to reach Shukla Nagar and Dwarkapuri, leading to accidents. They demanded that a team of NIT and traffic police should keep round-the-clock watch on the situation between Shatabdi Square and Omkar Nagar Square. “If the road is constructed, citizens of Shukla Nagar and Dwarkapuri can reach their homes easily and safely,” they said.
As per documents available with TOI, the NIT had regularized layout of Shukla Nagar under Gunthewari Act in 2006, and approved nine metre wide road connecting all lanes of Shukla Nagar and first internal lane of Dwarkapuri. Regularization charges were recovered from plot owners.
A few years ago, a couple of persons had illegally done permanent constructions on the land meant for the road and tried to get the land on lease. NIT had even begun the process but gave up the plan due to complaints from citizens.
One of the encroachers filed petition in HC. On September 3, 2019, HC had directed NIT to demolish unauthorized constructions. NIT razed the structures in November 2019, but only after fresh complaint from citizens. The encroachers were back after some time.
Officials from NIT South division said, “We had submitted proposal for the road with the head office where it is pending for lack of funds.”
According to citizens, if NIT and traffic police check the layout plan for Dwarkapuri, it might reveal that the road has been approved up to Shatabdi Square. If such happens, it will be a great relief for large numbers of residents of three residential localities.