Rs 13 crore will be spent to upgrade the 4-lane road without felling a single tree
DILIP PATEL
Come 2010, driving on Shri Maharana Pratap Road in Gandhinagar will be a memorable experience . Spending Rs 13 crore, the National Highways Authority of India will upgrade it into a six-lane road within six months without felling a single tree.
The VIP road, dotted by Chief Ministers official residence and Raj Bhavan, has four lanes now. At present, its width is 17 metres. After upgradation, it will be 24.5 metres wide. Deputy executive engineer of Capital Planing Division AB Shah said: The work order for widening the road has been awarded to Kalathia Engineering.
The firm will start executing the project within a fortnight . The widened road will sport a completely new look with reflectors and signals at junctions. Red flowers will adorn it. Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation will take care of landscaping and beautification of the road, said Shah, adding that movement of heavy vehicles will remain prohibited on upgraded Shri Maharana Pratap Road.
MASTER PLAN SOON
Lee Associates, a consultancy firm of New Delhi, has been awarded the project of developing the master plan for the Gandhinagar development project Green, Clean and Solar . The firm will table its plan before the state government within five months.
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