Minister, Urban Development and Planning CP Singh has asked the bus drivers including the conductors to park the buses at the allotted bus bays to avoid traffic jam during the rush hours. The Minister along with Mayor Asha lakra and other officials inspected the Birsa Munda Bus Terminal on Friday to check the arrangements and basic facilities available for the commuters at the bus terminal.
The Minister on the spot instructed to all the drivers including the bus terminal contractor to streamline the bus parking system. Singh also said that the contractor must be penalized for the chaotic arrangement that is posing hindrance for the travellers, asking the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials to act sternly upon the defaulters.
Also, in view of, upcoming Kantatoli Flyover project which is likely to be initiated soon, the Minister has assured that the shopkeepers will not suffer and all provisions will be made during the temporary makeshift arrangements as soon as the flyover project commences.
Notably, several services at the State biggest bus terminal are lying defunct since long. In the wake of upcoming flyover project, the Municipal Corporation will soon relocate the vendors to Khelgaon, where the district administration has planned to make temporary bus parking zone and also to setup makeshift shops for the street vendors.
During an inspection, the Minister, out of anger not just reprimanded the engineers engaged in the project but have also asked the Municipal Corporation officers to clear all the mess in a day or a two.
Singh also scolded the officer-in-charge of daily market police station for not taking appropriate action against the defaulters for throwing garbage at one of the busiest street after seeing the garbage strewn lanes and heaps of trash kept at several places.
Mayor Asha lakra who accompanied the Minister along with others during the inspection said that the work of sewerage drainage project just behind Hanumaan Mandir has been pending since January 2017, despite of sending several reminders; the company has failed to complete the project in the stimulated time. lakra further added that the engineers have been instructed to complete the work within two months.