Anand Kishor inspects anti-encroachment drive on Boring Road and proposed parking space under Bailey Road flyo... Read More

PATNA: The Boring Canal Road will be widened by 10 feet on both flanks to be made a six-lane road, Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor said on Saturday.

Kishor inspected the anti-encroachment drive conducted on Boring Canal Road and Boring Road on Saturday. Several unauthorized structures, including encroachment by a petrol pump near Boring Road crossing, were razed during the drive.

The commissioner asked the officials of road construction department and other agencies to widen Boring Canal Road by 10 feet on both sides to make it of six lanes against the existing four lanes. He also asked the officials to keep one-metre wide footpath as per the norms. A median will be constructed to bifurcate the footpath and the road.

Kishor also instructed Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials to reduce the width of smart parking-cum-shelter zones along the median of Boring Canal Road to ensure additional 10 feet space for movement of vehicles.

Meanwhile, Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam (BRPNN) has initiated bidding process for the allotment of parking spaces underneath flyovers on Bailey Road, Exhibition Road and Chiraiyatand. BRPNN officials said pay-and-park system for vehicles will be introduced under the three flyovers by the second week of September.

“A number of makeshift shops and kiosks have come up underneath the flyovers, choking major commercial areas, including Raja Bazaar, Patna Junction and Exhibition Road among others. All such unauthorized shops and carts are being removed for vehicular parking in regulated manner,” Patna DM Kumar Ravi told this newspaper.

He said: “The BRPNN is taking steps to build a systematic parking system under these flyovers. The space will be used only for real-time parking.”

BRPNN officials said 234 cars and 468 bikes could be parked between pillar number 4 and 50 and 420 bikes and 210 cars could be parked between pillar number 51 and 94 under the Bailey Road flyover. Similarly, 91 bikes and 136 cars will be parked under the Exhibition Road flyover and 64 bikes and 114 cars under Station Road flyover.

“vehicles will be charged for parking. Under the proposed parking fee structure, a two-wheeler and a four-wheeler would be charged Rs10 and Rs20 respectively for the first three hours. Thereafter, an additional amount of Rs10 will be charged for every exceeding hour,” a BRPNN official said.

Vehicles seized: As many as 43 vehicles without pollution under control certificate were seized and 1450 drivers were caught violating road safety rules under a special drive in city on Saturday. Transport secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said: “A 16-member team has been formed for checking fitness of vehicles. Vehicle owners caught during the drive will have to pay fine.”

