Raipur. On Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Administration and PWD Minister Arun Saw gave his consent for the widening of the road about half a kilometer long from Sharda Chowk to Tatyapara. A meeting of top officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) and Urban Administration Department will be held next week on this. The final decision will be taken in this meeting.
For this road, Mayor Ejaz Dhebar along with his MIC members and zone presidents had a detailed discussion with PWD Minister Sao. The minister accepted that to reduce the traffic pressure in the capital, it is necessary to increase the width of this half kilometer long road which is pending for 25 years. He said that administrative approval has been received for work on this road, so there will be no problem in starting the work.
Deputy CM Arun Saw said that now for the legal problem arising with PWD and Urban Administration for this work, he will take a decision after discussing in a meeting of the officials of both the departments within seven days. In the meeting, Mayor Aijaz Dhebar told Minister Saw that all the formalities regarding the widening of this road have been completed. In this, PWD has also identified 89 affected people after conducting a survey. How many houses will be demolished to increase the width of the road from 9 meters to 15 meters has also been identified. Therefore, there will be no problem in starting the work.
Mayor Dhebar said that after the Lok Sabha elections, he had a detailed discussion with the affected people of this road. They are also ready to cooperate in this work of the government.