Nagpur: MahaMetro is now focusing on executing the Jaistambh Traffic Improvement Scheme, a Central Road Fund (CRF) project, at a fast pace.
The completion date of the project will depend on availability of land and rehabilitation of shopkeepers by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).
As per a press release by the agency, the Rs234 crore project comprises of four components — Y-shaped flyover, railway underbridge (RUB) near Loha Pul, cement concrete road and multilevel parking plaza.
“The flyover will start from Ram Jhula railway overbridge (ROB) and proceed till Shrimohini Complex Square on Kingsway where it will bifurcate towards RBI Square and LIC Square.
The total length of the flyover is about 850 metres,” the release stated.
The RUB with a length of 47 metre and width of 12 metre will comprise of two parallel boxes, one of which will have a 1.5 metre wide footpath.
“Apart from this, a six-lane 950 metre cement concrete road will be built between Manas Square and Jaistambh Square.
The road below the under-construction flyover will also be concretized,” the release added.
MahaMetro will demolish the existing station road flyover for constructing the six-lane road.
It has constructed 70 shops near the railway station to rehabilitate the shopkeepers having their establishments below the flyover.
NMC has been given the task of rehabilitating the shopkeepers and the process is on.
Also, a multi-level parking plaza will be constructed near Nagpur Railway Station on the land belonging to Ministry of Defence, MSRTC, MPSRTC and Indian Railways.
“It will have shops for the shopkeepers having establishments below the existing flyover.
In addition, it will have 12 bus bays, parking slots for about 500 cars, 550 two-wheelers and 600 bicycles.
The plaza will be connected to the Nagpur Railway Station and Ganesh Tekdi temple by a foot overbridge (FOB),” the release stated.