Dwarka freight complex ‘poorly planned’,location might change

“Dwarka is a residential colony and constructing a freight complex here would cause inconvenience to people,as trucks would enter the sub-city at all times. This will lead to congestion. Dwarka would turn into Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar. Such freight complexes should be made outside Delhi,’’ said Mishra,an MP from West Delhi.

He also spoke about construction of new link roads in and around Dwarka,which would help improve the connectivity of the sub-city.

“A sum of Rs 160 crore has been sanctioned for construction of Nangloi-Najafgarh road. This will help decongest the area. I have asked for making a new 25-km road from Chhawla to Rohtak Road that will pass via Najafgarh drain,Kakrola and Keshopur depot,” said Mishra

Backing Mishra’s statements,Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja said the freight complex project showed how people’s opinion was not taken into consideration during its initial planning.

“People need to be included in the planning process. We only get to know about faulty planning when we go on the ground to implement a project,’’ she said.

Urban Development minister Kamal Nath,too,pitched for the proposed freight complex to be built elsewhere. “Since the revision of MPD-2021 is going on,the solution can be sought during this exercise,’’ Nath suggested.

Regarding the proposed freight complex,a DDA official said the site had been earmarked as part of the zonal plan for the area. “No work has started on this project as yet. The complex was being made as per provisions in the Master Plan-2021,’’ the official added.