High Court’s holistic development plan: ‘Why service road cannot be constructed parallel to Chandigarh’s Uttar Marg to ease traffic’

During the erstwhile hearing, the HC had asked the Chandigarh Administration to see widening the introduction and exit roads and the projected gaffe roads adjacent the Rock Garden to easiness postulation congestion successful the greeting and the evening. As the substance came up for a resumed hearing, the HC said the respondents had not fixed immoderate cogent crushed for “why a work roadworthy cannot beryllium constructed to easiness the postulation congestion, parallel to the Uttar Marg connected the bluish side”.

“Let an affidavit successful that respect beryllium filed,” said the HC adjourning the substance for October 3.

As the substance came up for hearing, Amit Jhanji, Senior Standing Counsel, Chandigarh Administration, submitted a projected program for the operation of 4 gaffe roads astir Junction No. 3 (Intersection of Uttar Marg and Jan Marg) and besides widening of definite introduction points and the existing gaffe roadworthy astatine the Rock Garden entry, and besides a connection for widening of the interior roads was given.

Meanwhile, CB Ojha, Chief Engineer of the Chandigarh Administration, submitted that the connection could beryllium completed “latest by the extremity of March 2025”.

The HC, however, said determination are definite issues which the medication had not answered, including jutting retired the country of the Rock Garden connected the southeast of Multi-Level Parking, creating a bottleneck and causing postulation congestion.

Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain told the HC, “A connection has already been moved for diversion of wood onshore into the non-forest intent for widening of the existing roadworthy to the grade of 0.0272 hectares, and this wood country lies extracurricular the Rock Garden bound wall.”

Jain besides clarified that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sent “certain objections which are nether contemplation of the UT Administration and the aforesaid shall beryllium responded to expeditiously, and assured that a determination successful this respect shall beryllium taken wrong 2 weeks”.

On Jain’s submission, the seat said, “It is hopeful, and besides expected of the Union of India, to instrumentality aboriginal determination truthful that the postulation congestion occupation being faced by this High Court is resolved.” The seat said the jutting-out country of the Rock Garden is causing problems and the bottle-neck is creating postulation congestions, therefore, the UT Administration is further directed to “ensure conversion from wood to non-forest intent the country lying wrong the jutting retired country of Rock Garden. Acquisition oregon conversion of the said portion of onshore from wood to non-forest intent is 1 of the options disposable to the UT Administration, which it is directed to enactment upon and instrumentality affirmative steps towards resolving the dispute”.

“Let indispensable steps successful that respect beryllium taken and compliance study beryllium filed successful the Court by the adjacent hearing,” said the HC.

Meanwhile, the HC besides suggested that “the divider which is 8 ft. and 3 inches wide dividing the roadworthy betwixt New Judicial Record Room and Museum connected 1 broadside and Multi-Level Parking and Multi Utility Building connected the different tin beryllium reduced successful width without damaging the trees increasing connected this divider”. The seat asked the respective parties, including the Chandigarh Administration, to transportation retired an inspection and taxable a study successful that regard.