Plan to renovate basement flyover

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Dec. 6: After the demolition drive, the English Bazaar civic board is now planning to approach the public works department to hand over the basement of a flyover to them for renovation. The EBM chief, Mr Narendranath Tiwari, said he would approach the PWD to hand over the basement of the flyover for its reconstruction. “The proposal would be sent to the PWD officials after our meeting with the English Bazaar MLA, Mr KN Choudhury,” Mr Tiwari, said. The Congress MLA, Mr KN Choudhury, told reporters today that he had already discussed the matter with the state PWD minister, Mr Kshiti Goswami, in presence of Mr Sailen Sarkar, the state parliamentary affairs and environment minister. Mr Choudhury said that Mr Goswami would be visiting Malda in the last week of December to hold a meeting with the district administration officials. He said that the position of the flyover basement and other projects, such as construction of the second Mahananda bridge and a road between Sustani to Mahadipur, would be discussed in the meeting. Mr Choudhury said that he had tried hard to construct a marketplace under the flyover, but the proposal had not been materialised for unknown reasons. “I have requested the PWD minister to look into the matter and suggested him to expedite the proposed project of the English Bazaar civic body systematically, finalising the list of rehabilitation of the existing hundreds of traders who are doing their businesses”, Mr Choudhury, said.