Artificial island removed by NHAI, Nag River flows freely at Ashok Sq
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Nagpur: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), which had built an artificial island on the Nag river bed to accommodate heavy machinery for ongoing flyover works, has finally removed the island near Ashok Chowk, providing a clear path for water to flow.
The artificial island was one of the major obstructions on the Nag river and reduced the width of the water body drastically.
NHAI is currently building the Rs998 crore Indora to Dighori project as part of its two flyovers — Kamal Chowk to Reshimbagh Chowk, and Bhande Plot Square to Dighori — are being built. For the construction of the Kamal Chowk to Reshimbagh Chowk flyover, the NHAI is building a rotary at Ashok Chowk.
For this purpose, they had built the island.
The TOI had recently highlighted that there were multiple obstructions on the Nag river, including near Ashok Chowk, raising concerns about floods. NHAI sources confirmed that they have completely removed the island and cleaned all the sand from the river bed. "The artificial island was built as we needed to do multiple works at the spot. We built four piers on either side of the bridge for building an approach to the rotary.
Now our work is also complete, and there is no need to work on the Nag river bed," said the official.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had also instructed NHAI to remove the island as part of their flood mitigation measures and pre-monsoon preparations. NMC has also carried out the cleaning of nullahs and river bodies, including the Nag river, Pili river, and Pora river, across the city as part of their pre-monsoon preparations.
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