Clear encroachments to widen major city roads: Experts to JDA
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Jaipur: As traffic in Jaipur is increasing by leaps and bounds, experts and officials of Urban Development Department believe that JDA and other civic bodies should clear encroachments to widen all major roads in the city.
They assert that, according to the city's Master Plan, almost all major roads are encroached upon with permanent or temporary constructions. The list includes even a stretch of Sirsi Road – starting from Hatwara Road Tiraha to Tank Road Tiraha, comprising Hasanpura area.
"There are encroachments on Ajmer Road, Sirsi Road, Kalwar Road, Mahal Road, the 80-Feet Road in Arjun Nagar, Gopalapura Bypass Road, and on the Jhalana Bypass.
To be precise, you name any major road of the city, you would find the roads are encroached upon and the width is far less than the master plan of JDA. With traffic growing significantly, the civic bodies shall ensure to remove these encroachments before they start acquiring govt papers," said a senior traffic official from Jaipur Commissionerate, on condition of anonymity.
Neha Khullar, project director of Muskan Foundation for Road Safety, said, such encroachments not only cause traffic congestion but are also vulnerable to road accidents. These encroachments, permanent or temporary were the main cause of several recent road accidents on city roads
Speaking to TOI, a senior JDA town planner claimed that these problems occur due to a lack of coordination with JDA, other civic bodies, and other departments of the state govt.
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While JDA determines the size and limitations of properties, the municipal corporations and a few other concerned departments issue licenses to these establishments. "It has been observed that whenever the encroachment department went for an eviction drive, the shopkeepers showed them valid licences claiming their structures as 'legal'.
It results in a legal battle, and we are left with no options other than the court's directive. In the case of this Sirsi Road eviction, the drive became possible only after strong directives from the division bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Anand Sharma," the town planner said.
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