The Calcutta High Court has given strict instructions to speed up the work of the slow-moving flyover on the railway line at Dalkhola. The court also directed the state government to evict the occupants living illegally on both sides of the national highway within two weeks. At the same time NTPC has been asked to provide adequate amount of fly ash. A division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj passed the order.
The court directed the National Roads Authority to speed up the work of the flyover by talking to the railways. The High Court also asked for speeding up the expansion of the national highway from Krishnanagar to Behrampur. That is why the court has ordered the eviction of the occupiers living on both sides of the road.
The court passed the order during the hearing of a public interest litigation filed by Maldar’s lawyer Debesh Sahar. Kalyan Chakraborty, another lawyer representing the plaintiff, said, “Work on the flyover at Dalkhola is going on at a slow pace.” He added that during the hearing, the court had observed that the National Roads Authority should talk to the railways to speed up the process.
On the same day, the lawyer representing the plaintiff in the court applied for speedy acquisition of land in Barasat-Krishnanagar section. “Somehow the acquisition has to be completed by June,” he said. Otherwise, the rainy season will come. The division bench of the chief justice also directed the state to take necessary steps in this regard.
On the same day, the plaintiffs complained that adequate amount of fly ash was not available from the National Thermal Power Corporation for filling up the low lying lands. As a result, the work is not progressing. After hearing the complaint, the division bench directed NTPC to provide adequate amount of fly ash. The court has fixed February 15 for the next hearing. Earlier, the division bench directed to submit a progress report to the court.
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