Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will start the long-pending demarcation work for the Jhotwara elevated road, proposed between Panchayat Bhawan at Kalwar Road and Ambabari Junction, on Friday.The survey and demarcation work will begin under the heavy deployment of police considering local protest. A senior JDA official informed, the additional commissioner of police (Adll.CP) has assured to deploy 150 police personnel on the site.“The JDA has constituted eight teams to carry out the survey and demarcation work. The JDA has identified nearly 576 structures for demolition.”To ease traffic, the (JDA) had proposed the three-lane elevated road between Ambabari petrol pump to Jhotwara Panchayat Samiti Road at a length of 2.4 km. The estimated cost of the elevated road will be Rs 166 crore.An official source at JDA said, “As per a previous survey, the JDA has mentioned that it requires 52,349 sq m of land near the flyover. Currently, we have only 28,700 sq m of land. The JDA would also acquire land of including six temples and four schools.”Sources further said , JDA has proposed to rehabilitate the affected shop owners of Jhotwara elevated road on the government land situated in Jhotwara industrial area. The JDA has decided to relocate affected house owners to Niwaru Road. “We have identified 25 bighas of land at Niwaru Road near Express flyover. The land belongs to district administration which has approved transfer of the same to JDA,” added source.According to officials, 30% of the affected owners have already constructed their houses on government land. The encroachers too are demanding huge compensation and protesting against the construction. This is the reason the JDA has asked for police deployment.As the long-pending project is expected to start, commuters taking this route can heave sigh of relief. Once constructed, residents will not have to suffer traffic jams for a longer time. Currently, there is two-way traffic on the stretch. Traffic on the route has increased after new colonies came up in nearby areas.The smaller flyover has become a major bottleneck and no land is available on either side, So, the JDA is left with no option but to construct an elevated road.

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