Demolition drive underway for Dalmandi road widening project Varanasi: Only six of the 187 buildings demarcated for the Rs 224-crore Dalmandi road widening project remain to be demolished. As the demolition of purchased buildings, as well as those declared illegal by the Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) and dilapidated by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC), continued…
Varanasi: Amid three building owners obtaining stay order from high court against demolition under the ongoing Dalmandi road widening project, PWD razed 13 other buildings and removed debris simultaneously, on Sunday. Monitoring the demolition work amidst tight security arrangements, PWD executive engineer K K Singh and ACP (Dashaswamedh) Atul Anjan Tripathi said that demolition work…
Varanasi: Of 187 buildings demarcated as part of the ambitious Dalmandi road widening project, 125 have been demolished as on Tuesday. Preparation is complete to demolish 12 more buildings Thursday onwards, said K K Singh, PWD executive engineer, adding that the number of buildings demolished is likely to cross the 140 mark by weekend. Negotiations…
Varanasi: The demolition drive for the Dalmandi road-widening project resumed after a pause during Bakrid, with the number of structures razed crossing 112. A total of 187 buildings have been identified for demolition under the project, which aims to improve access to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham from the Naisadak junction on the Lahurabir-Godowlia road.Demolition work…
Varanasi: As the number of structures either fully demolished or currently under demolition in Dalmandi has crossed 100, the district administration and Public Works Department (PWD) have stepped up negotiations with the management of six mosques falling along the alignment of the road widening project.Officials have proposed two options — either allotment of land for…
