Teams to study Delhi's elevated roads for replication in Jaipur

JAIPUR: The elevated roads projects proposed to ease the traffic in the city is likely to see light of the day. After witnessing the huge increase in traffic in the city, the government has decided to send teams to Delhi to study the feasibility report and learn other means to reduce congestion.
A senior JDA official said the teams will to see the construction of elevated road in areas where heritage buildings exist in the national capital, and how JDA can construct elevated roads in the city without disturbing the heritage buildings.The teams will also visit many elevated roads built using various techniques to study them.
"For elevated roads constructed in heritage areas in Delhi, we have to study the Delhi's master plan and then see how it can be replicated in Jaipur," an official said
During the previous government's tenure, the chief minister approved construction of elevated roads at two major traffic points in the city - at the Bais Godaam Circle and the Khasa Kothi Circle - as these points are among the busiest in the city.
However, the projects were put on hold after facing strong criticism that it will disturb the heritage look and the historical buildings like Khasa Khoti, government hostel and other old buildings along the MI Road will be covered by such roads.
According to the project, the height of the proposed elevated road was around 20 metre (70 feet) and because of such a height, the projects objection too. Officials claimed that other reasons for putting the projects on hold are that construction of elevated roads on both these areas will be risky and there is no provision for diverting heavy traffic from these routes during the construction process.
The Bais Godaam elevated road was estimated to be constructed at a cost of Rs 125 crore, whereas the Khasa Khoti was estimated at Rs 175 crore, an official said.
Recently, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has also dropped its plan to construct an elevated road from Govind Marg to Narian Singh Circle as authorities claimed that the construction was not feasible.
An official source said strong opposition from the Govind Marg Market Association was behind dropping of the proposal for the project. Now, the JDA has sought alternative suggestions from the town planning department to ease the traffic pressure in the city from national highway no. 8.