Kolkata: the owner of the kiosk from the corner of Kalighat Hawkers on Friday began to shift to the stall while in Taman Jatin Das, about a kilometer away, cleaning obstacles to the construction of the skywalk that will open the way to rebuild the Kalighat temple complex, just like a makeover at times in Dakshineswar .
Designed on the Dakshineswar Skywalk line, KMC officials said working on the 80-Crore Rs project in Kalighat which had been postponed for more than two years because the rejection of the kiosk owner to shift from the location was finally set to start.
Snack shifts are expected to be completed next week.
“After shifting, the entire snack market will be dismantled.
After this demolition, the construction work for the Skywalk will begin.
We want to complete construction work at the beginning of 2023,” said Debasish Kumar, a member of the KMC (BoA) administrator board which has been given the responsibility of overseeing the project prestigious.
KKS KKS has also begun negotiating with vendors, who need to move while during the construction of the skywalk.
“There are 680 vendors at Temple Road times.
From them, 180 is a kiosk owner in the corner of the snack trader and the rest do business on the road and sidewalk.
The temporary kiosk has been built in JD Park.
The remaining Hawkers who do business on the road must move to the road The neighboring road and the alleys so that the project construction can begin, “said a KMC official.
Skywalk 400 -Metre-Long Road Kali Temple is understood in September 2018, after the consulting company appointed to prepare detailed project reports.
The work on this project will begin in 2019 with the settlement deadline set for 2021.
“This project was postponed for the compensation requested by the vendor.
The talks slipped because of the pandemic.
Hawkers demanded ex-gratia payment once equal to RS 25,000-30,000 per kiosk so that the loss of business Because relocation can be compensated.
They argue that the business is still exposed to a pandemic and the loss will make a difficult livelihood.
Finally, the KMC has decided to pay Rs 10,000 for each kiosk owner to facilitate them to temporarily move to JD Park, “said the source in the body of Civic .
My Ban Saha, an assistant secretary of the corner Kalighat Hawkers said that the kiosk owner decided to move to help the Civic body out of the dead end and start the project without delay.
Survey work on site, land tests and underground utility mapping has been completed, said the KMC Engineering Department official.
“We need to shift several underground utilities after demolition of the snack market done,” the official said.