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Time of India
25-07-2025
- Time of India
Opening of Heerapura bus terminal may be delayed by a month
1 2 Jaipur: Although the state govt plans to start operations from the Heerapura bus terminal in Aug, it seems it will take at least another month to make this terminal operational. On Tuesday, when Team TOI visited the bus terminal, it was found that the Rajasthan State Bus Terminal Development Authority (RSBTDA) is yet to construct roads inside the terminal leading to the bus bays and parking bays from the exit and entry gates. However, work on the bus shed inside the terminal is almost complete, as workers were constructing the last few of the 16-odd bus bays and were erecting the benches and the ticket counters. RSBTDA officials said there were several decisions by the state govt centring on this bus terminal in the last year. Finally, the govt asked the authority to complete the remaining jobs in early April. "The JDA is doing the construction work. We are sorting a few issues with the National Highways Development Authroity of India (NHAI), while the RTO is in talks with the operators. The works are going on at full pace. We are trying to make this terminal ready for operations as soon as possible," stated Shubhra Singh, the chairperson of RSBTDC. Although there is sufficient space for the long-distance buses to take a U-turn from the underpass of the Kamla Nehru Nagar flyover and reach this bus terminal, locals are apprehensive about a bottleneck on the service lane. The vehicles for last-mile connectivity, including JCTSL and minibuses, will have to travel at least five to six kilometre through these lanes to reach the underpass of the Bhankrota flyover. "There is a cut right within 100 metres from the exit gate of the bus terminal for buses to climb the Ajmer-bound flank of the Ajmer Expressway But vehicles travelling towards Jaipur from this terminal must take a U-turn from the underpass of the next Bhankrota flyover. There's no cut on the highway before the Bhankrota flyover. It means these vehicles would travel to the underpass of the Bhankrota flyover through the already congested side lane," said Amit Mishra, a local resident. NHAI said, the state govt would decide on how the traffic would flow in and out of this terminal. "There are three different bays, each of four lanes, to allow traffic movement in these three directions through the underpass of the newly constructed Bhankrota flyover. The rest remains on the traffic and transport department, whether they want to allow Jaipur-bound traffic through the service lanes or through the main flank (Ajmer-bound) of the Expressway," a NHAI official added.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Land hurdles delaying cloverleaf at Ring Road
1 2 Jaipur: The construction of cloverleaf connecting the Ring Road with the Ajmer Expressway in Mahapura is getting delayed as the state govt is reportedly not providing land on the corner of the Ajmer-bound flank of the expressway. Given the handicap, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to construct only the Ring Road-bound section for vehicles coming from the Ajmer side. Although the deadline for this flank of the cloverleaf is July 2025, officials claimed that construction work may be stretched to the end of this year. "The deadline for the construction was March 2026. Yet, we have not received a parcel of land from the state govt located at the corner of the Ajmer Expressway and Ring Road crossing in Mahapura. This would delay the project," a NHAI official disclosed. Speaking to TOI, Ajay Arya, project director of NHAI, said that the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is yet to hand over a parcel of private land for the construction of the cloverleaf. "As far as we know, the process of acquiring the land is ongoing at the govt level, and they are going to hand it over. Until and unless they give us this land, we cannot complete the ramp for the cloverleaf for the Jaipur-bound (200-Feet Bypass Crossing) vehicles coming from the Ring Road," Arya said. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Officials said that if they don't get this land, then Jaipur-bound vehicles on the Ring Road will need to travel around 3 km towards Bagru and take a U-turn from the underpass of the flyover at Mahindra SEZ Road crossing to reach the Jaipur-bound flank. "This land would also be important for traffic movement in the long run. If NHAI constructs the Northern Ring Road, it would start anywhere between Mahapura and Bagru on the Ajmer Expressway. It means vehicles from the Southern Ring Road need to take a left turn at this junction towards the Ajmer Expressway and then again a left turn towards the Northern Ring Road," stated an official.
