Delhi: Waste plant in way of Punjabi Bagh flyover to be relocated

NEW DELHI: The widening of roads and construction of the Punjabi Bagh flyover near Basai Darapur is stuck due to a waste compression plant by South Delhi Municipal Corporation that falls in the way of the project. SDMC has asked for over Rs 30 lakh to relocate the garbage compactor station to another spot.
Under the project, Public Works Department aims to make the stretch from Dhaula Kuan to Azadpur Market Ring Road signal free, which includes two flyover extensions.
A senior SDMC official said that the flyover project division of PWD has written to them, stating that the work for construction of the flyover at Basai Darapur has been awarded. The letter further said that the unit for collecting and compressing waste is falling in alignment of the road and flyover. PWD has asked SDMC to relocate the Fixed Compactor Transfer Station so that the project work can begin.
“Under the overall project, the two-lane flyover near Moti Nagar Junction will be doubled, while the flyover near Punjabi Bagh will be expanded and extended,” said the official. “The flyover will be extended by 1,054 metres, which will come close to the waste processing facility near the Najafgarh drain.”
Working on the PWD request, SDMC has asked the private concessionaire collecting garbage in the zone not to pursue the power distribution company for getting an electricity connection for the new site.
The civic body officials say that the contractor had not placed the machinery in the site yet and therefore will not be liable for any compensation. “The structure has been constructed by the project division of the west zone. An estimate of Rs 30.93 lakh has been prepared for the demolition and reconstruction of similar structure at another location,” the SDMC official said.