Mega demolition drive on river Aji bank in Rajkot, 229 houses razed

Rajkot

Around 229 Kutcha and Pucca houses in the slums on the banks of Aji river were razed by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation today as part of a mega demolition drive to replicate Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati riverfront-like beautification project in this central city of Saurashtra region of Gujarat.

Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra and Town Planning Officer M D Sagathiya were present on the site on the eastern bank of the river that flows through the city.

The demolition drive in Manharpara slums by seven teams of the RMC started around 9 am.
Around 800 meter area on the eastern bank of the river between Chunravad bridge and Indira Gandhi bridge is to be cleared during the drive after which embankment walls and concrete walkways would be constructed as part of the riverfront.

The corporation has promised to give dwelling units to those who cooperated in the drive under the Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme at different places near Kuvavada road and Kalavad road.

Almost one lakh slum dwellers were resettled for the construction of Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad. They were shifted to clusters of low-cost apartments outside the city.

– DeshGujarat