Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, Dec. 02: Shri Ashit Kr. Mondal, Pradhan Gram Panchayat Kalighat has pressed for the demand of construction of a RCC Bridge over the creek between Kalighat and Nishchintapur village.
According to information, the Pradhan has written a letter to the honourable Member of Parliament, A & N Islands, Sri Vijaya Puram for taking up the matter for construction of an RCC bridge over the creek between Kalighat and Nishchintapur village.
Nishchintapur village was settled by the Government in 1960. Even after a long period of time the Government has not made any arrangements for a road in Nishchintapur village, the Pradhan said. About 50 families live in this remote village. All the residents of this village requested the senior officials of the Government and Adminstration many times, but till date no work has been started to build a road to Nishchintapur. The main reason for this is a creek located between these two villages: Kalighat & Nachnapur. If a 48.60 meter long and 4 meter wide bridge is built on this creek, then the villagers will be able to make to and fro movement from Nishchintapur to Kalighat and vice versa comfortably, the Pradhan said. When the Administration asked APWD to prepare an estimate for construction of a bridge, the APWD reportedly prepared the estimate for a bridge more than 200 meters long in the style of a flyover bridge, the Pradhan said. Its construction will reportedly cost crores of rupees, he said in the letter. But if this Bridge is constructed near the Marine jetty, then only a 48.60 meter long bridge will have to be built, the Pradhan maintained. The people of Nishchintapur village have been commuting through this route since the beginning of their settlement and electric poles have also been laid by the Electricity Department along this route, the Pradhan claimed. Apart from this, the Divisional Forest Officer & Assistant Commissioner, Diglipur and other officials also inspected this route and gave their consent for this route, the Pradhan said. Apart from this, it has a 187 meter Deemed Forest Area and 139 meter area reserve forest and this forest area has not yet received no-objection certificate from the Forest Department, Mr. Mondal said. Furthermore, there are almost no mangroves on this route, as stated by the Pradhan.
The Kalighat GP Pradhan then urged the lone MP of A & N islands to pay a visit to the place and inspect the site and get the long cherished bridge constructed over the creek and bridge the gap between Kalighat and Nishchintapur and give the residents of Nishchintapur a relief, the Pradhan wrote in the letter as stated by him.
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