The pavement will be built on both sides of the road heading towards Beliaghata to ease pedestrian movement

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has floated tenders to execute a project of setting up a pavement from the western side of Sealdah court complex to the road heading towards Beliaghata to facilitate pedestrian movement.

KMDA officials said the plan, which was earlier placed by the traffic police, is a part of an overall traffic-rejig plan of Sealdah station area. The Kolkata traffic police has made this long-term plan to ease traffic movement near Sealdah flyover and Beliaghata main road.

KMDA officials said the pavement will be 2-meter wide with a stair way to move between the western side of Sealdah court complex and the office of assistant commissioner of police (traffic). “The pavement is being made so that pedestrian movement can be eased on the road heading to Beliaghata,” said a KMDA official.

The KMDA authorities are presently on the process to select an agency for the job. “The slected agency will have to finish the entire work within a month. The project cost has been pegged at Rs 5.34 lakh,” said an official.

Kolkata Traffic Police said they had been persistently following this plan for days with both KMDA and KMRCL.

Cops recently took help of KMDA and KMC to move hawkers from a stretch that was blocking BB Ganguly Street next to the Sealdah flyover.

