Stalled for 9 yrs, Transport Nagar project revived

Ramkrishan Upadhyay   

Tribune News Service 

Chandigarh, June  20     

After almost nine  years,  the Administration has revived the Transport  Nagar project. 

The plan is to  shift the   existing transport  area  from Sector 26 

to Daria village, where the Administration has already earmarked  65 acres.

 Sources said a meeting of senior officers was held today in which the project was discussed. It was decided that the Land  Acquisition Officer would be asked  to start the process  for acquiring land  earmarked for the project.  Transporters  of the city have been  raising the  demand for a new  transport  area  for long.

A  senior official of the Administration said apart from  Daria, another  Transport  Nagar  was also  under consideration at Sector 56 so that heavy vehicles  coming  from Mohali  could be provided space there. He said the   new transport areas  would ease congestion, particularly on roads connecting Sector 26 and the Chandigarh Railway Station.? The plan to  create the new transport  area was first   mooted in 2009, but it did not materialise. 

Every day, there is a movement of at least 400 trucks in the city and  many use the parking space for the loading and unloading of goods.  When the  transport  area  was developed,  it was in the  corner of the  city,  but now with the development of  Panchkula, the area no longer lies on the  fringe. An official said the proposed Transport Nagar would provide direct connectivity to the Chandigarh-Ambala road.