Mahametro has requested the District Collector to acquire the land of Defence, Railway and Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation for constructing a multi-storey parking plaza under the ambitious Jayastambha Transport Development Project in the city. a proposal has been submitted to the Collector.
For the parking plaza, it is necessary to acquire land under Defence Department’s Khasra No. 2406, 2407, 2408 and 2422, Railway Board’s Khasra No. 2405 and Transport Corporation’s Khasra No. 2404. 12 bus platforms and parking facilities for 500 cars, 550 two-wheelers and 600 bicycles will be developed in this building. the shops under the recently demolished Ganesh tekdi flyover will be rehabilitated. For that, 35 aggrieved shopkeepeers have filed a petition in the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court.
The related project is worth Rs 234 crore and it is proposed to construct a Y-shaped flyover from railway station to Kasturchand Park with parking plaza, railway under bridge near Lohapul and six-layer cement road from Manas Chowk to Jayastambh Chowk. Meanwhile, the work of Y-shaped flyover and railway under bridge has been completed. the work of six-level cement road is in progress and efforts have been started to pave the way for the parking plaza.