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Hello friends,

i am sending u details with referance to above
subject, which needs investigations and answers.

1. Chembur Santacruz flyover’s section one work at
Kurla
Depot is at stand still since more than a year and
only 30% of the total project is complete, even though
2250 out of total 3250 projected affect people r
already resettled and also though this project should
have been completed in 24 months from September 2003
when the project started.

According to the interview which Mr. Chandraseker of
MMRD gave to AAJtak on Aug 2, 2006
11:30 pm in program metro section, “ he accepted that
the work has been on stand still for 6 months and now
it will be completed only in 2008 ” but till today the
work has still not yet started.

2. Though MR. Chandrashekar had said in the said
interview that work is stopped because of resettlement
problem but ground realities say some thing else,

a). Shopkeepers at kurla depot who r affected by the
project and who own small shops and r completely
loosing their shop in the
project, have already been given alternate
accommodating months
back in posh Bandra-Kurla Complex and presently r
enjoying both new as well as old premises which r yet
to be demolished.

b.) Shopkeepers who own big shops, r partially losing
their shop and r
ready to accept whatever is left behind and wish that
the flyover project gets complete as early as possible
so that they could resume their business which is
closed for last 3 years as the road was closed because
of the project and just recently a month back have
started.

c.) Hundreds of families from Buddha nagar at Kurla
west, etc r already sifted to Mankhud last year, for
making space for the flyover. Each hut man of this
slum colony had been given a flat of 225 sq. ft. as
per government rules, but still all efforts had gone
in waste, with the work being halted. Also it is noted
here that space thus vacated for the project which is
just adjacent to C.S. T. road, is not guarded and
faces risk of another slum getting developed if
project is not stated immediately.

A 175 corors project, including 40 corers to be
spend on resettlement of project-affected people. Thus
is so much is already done, then where the question of
resettlement problem comes, at least the problem is
not there in section 1 of the project.

3. Funds could not be a problem in this project
because world bank is funding, though their
flow of funds were frizzed for a brief period, just
recently between 1st march and 1st July 2006 but
section one work is at stand still for more than a
year. It is to be noted that even in the period when
World Bank funds were frizzed, work in section 2 of
the project was never stopped and was going on though
at a slow speed.



4. Nawab Malik, the local MLA of Kurla also former
Urban Development minister of congress-NCP government
had started this project as his dream project. This
project is a prestige issue project for Nawab Malik as
on commencement of this project, he had spend tons of
money for his personal publicity, by putting life size
hoardings, numbering into hundreds, on every junction
of Kurla but today then the project work is at stand
still, not a single board could be seen at any of the
site, giving details why the work is stopped and when
it will get completed. Neither Nawab Malik nor MMRD is
bothered to inform public about the situation.

5. Construction work is undertaken by MUTP and its
engineer in charge stated that there is no technical
fault in the project and there is no reason for work
to stop.


All this concludes that there seem to be no specific
reason or rather some mysterious hidden reason for
this delay and stoppage of work. MMRDA is not able to
give any specific reason for
work being stopped at section one. Surprisingly
Section 2 must have had resettlement problem but that
work was never stopped.


We need to force authorities to stop playing with
public money and resume work in the project
immediately.

. Total project is divided into 2 sections.

Under first section flyover starts before Kurla Depot,
crosses L. B.S. marg depot junction, crosses old agra
road and section one of flyover ends before LIG colony
near Kurla railway tracks. Work is at total stand
still in this section for more than one year.

Section 2 of flyover starts from LIG colony kurla
west, crosses Kurla west-east over railway lines and
coming down near Kurla railway Terminus (Tilak nagar)
near western express highway and one arm coming down
at Kurla east Nehru nagar. Work is being carried out
over here at a very slow speed with just 5 to 10
workers r seen working at this spot near LIG colony
kurla west.


Utility of the flyover.

This is suppose to be a five star flyover with multi
layer flyover funded by World bank Thus making
convenient and saving time by hours of all commuters
from western suburbs, who wish to reach Kurla Railway
terminus, chembur, Navi Mumbai or wish to leave
mumbai by road via Navi Mumbai and vise-versa. This
flyover will also reduce traffic congestion at Sion
junction and Ghatkoper, as at present these r only
link used by commuters especially those coming from
south mumbai.or from western suburbs between Bandra
and Andheri.

Also flyover could be a life saving flyover for
patients especially heart and stroke patients, who
could cut their hospital travel time for reaching from
Chembur, Navi Mumbai etc to hospitals like ‘Asian
Heart Hospital’ at Bandra Kurla Complex’, or ‘
Lilavati’ at Bandra west, or ‘Hinduja hospital’ at
Mahim which r the best in town and r situated at
western suburbs, as there is not a single renown
hospital of this standard at chembur, Navi Mumbai or
areas beyond that.


Regards,

Jitendra gupta