30-year-history of 50 plots in Bhangar to be compiled for widening of Basanti Highway

Kolkata: West Bengal Highway Development Corporation is taking initiative to prepare data containing the 30 year history of 50 plots at Bhangar I and II blocks in South 24-Parganas.

Sources have confirmed that the need to prepare the data was felt for carrying out the work to widen the Basanti Highway. The 23 km long stretch of the highway from Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to Ghatakpukur in South 24-Parganas will be widened.

It had been a long standing demand of the local people to widen the road and both police as well as administrative officials had also suggested its widening to check frequent accidents on the throughfare. The traffic load on the road remains high almost round-the-clock as it connects major parts of South and North 24-Parganas with Kolkata.

The work of widening the road will be carried out by the State Highway Development Corporation and now the move has been made for "preparation of 30 years research report" of certain plots at Bhangar I and II blocks in South 24-Parganas on an urgent basis. It has been stated that details of the past 30 years of around 55 plots of 210 people will be prepared.

Firms having the required expertise and experience of carrying out such work will be engaged to prepare the data and it has to be prepared within 45 days from the day the work starts. The report has to be submitted to the State Highway Development Corporation.

Top brass of the corporation will be taking decisions on their next course of action on the basis of the data that will contain the history of the past 30 years of the plots. The data will contain the sale records of private plots for "title investigation".

It may be mentioned that the road will be widened to a two-way carriage way, with a road divider in between. According to engineers,

the widening of the road, along

with a median in between will bring down the number of accidents.

Engineers are also taking necessary steps to check accidents at the sharp turns.

In most of accidents on Basanti Highway, vehicles fall into ditches while taking sharp turns at high speeds. "Widening of the road will be helpful to lakhs of people as they won't have to risk their lives anymore to reach their destinations," said an official.