Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur urged the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to classify and number to all important city roads and in colonies for easy access to the public.
While chairing a meeting with the BMC officials here on Saturday, the Minister also urged the Corporation to give special attention on the issue.Mayor Krishna Gaur, Municipal Corporation Chairman Kailash Mishra and Commissioner Urban Administration Sanjay Shukla were also present on the occasion.
Gaur said that city roads should be selected and classified so that people and visitors from outside the city can reach their destinations easily. He said that main roads of the city were numbered in the master plan for year 1975.
It was informed at the meeting that 23 roads from east to west have been numbered as main roads and 34 from north to south as link roads. Besides, internal roads of big colonies will also be numbered as lanes or streets. This work will be done jointly by Bhopal Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department and Bhopal Development Authority.
Bhopal’s 23 roads have been identified as main roads include Jyoti Talkies Crossing to Nanke Petrol Pump, Mansarovar Complex to Depot Crossing, Paras City to Bhadbhada Bridge Crossing, Chuna Bhatti Canal Crossing to Nehru Nagar, Green City to Shahpura C-Sector, Vishnu High-tech to Mandakini Colony Kolar Road, Aashima Mall to Danish Kunj Kolar Road, Katara Hills to Aashima Mall, Katara Hills to Bagh Sewania police station, Barkhera Pathani to RRl, Barkhera C-Sector to Habibganj Naka, BHEl Park to Kasturba Hospital, Samanway Nagar to Jyoti Talkies, BHEl Dussehra Ground to Capital Petrol Pump, Ratnagiri Raisen Road to Asaram Ashram, Berasia Road to Airport, Sultania Infantry to lal Gahti Crossing, Chhola Under-pass to DIG Chauraha, Bhopal railway station to Shahjahanabad police station, Bogda Pul to Central library, Raj Bhavan to CM House, Bhopal Haat to lal Parade Ground and Bhopal Haat to Airtel office, Malviya Nagar. In all, 34 roads in north-south direction in the city have been identified as link roads. Directives have been given to take necessary action in this regard.
Bhopal Collector Nishant Varwade, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vishesh Garhpale and officers of concerning departments were present in the meeting.