Nagpur’s New Landmark: A Rotary, A Balcony, and a Blame Game Nagpur has a new roadside spectacle — a flyover rotary brushing past a house balcony at Ashok Square. Part of the Indora–Dighori flyover project, the surreal sight has gone viral, sparking laughter, concern, and now, a sharp blame game between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).
NHAI was quick to issue a clarification. The authority claimed the house is an illegal encroachment built without a sanctioned plan and said the matter had already been referred to NMC for removal. NHAI stressed the rotary itself is safe and as per approved design, noting that while a 1.5-metre gap exists, the owner had illegally extended a balcony beyond the property line. “The protruding portion will be demolished shortly,” it asserted.
But when Lokmat Times spoke to Ganesh Rathod, Assistant Commissioner of NMC’s Gandhibagh Zone, the version changed drastically. Rathod said NHAI never consulted the civic body during the Detailed Project Report (DPR) stage. “We were never told this house would come under the project. Only after the rotary slab was completed did they inform us,” he said. He added that demolition is not immediate, as the house hasn’t yet been declared encroachment.
The property stands on slum-notified land, and the owner has been asked to prove residence prior to 2011 through voter ID, ration card, tax receipts, and a slum certificate. If eligible, NMC must compensate before removal.
Until then, Nagpurians will keep gawking at the flyover-balcony standoff — a concrete reminder of poor planning and poorer coordination.
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