In
response to a public interest litigation by a NGO the Bombay High Court has
asked the Maharashtra State government to install CCTV cameras on the state’s
national and state highways to monitor and prevent high incidents of
accidents. The petioners had informed
the Bench that providing well equipped
ambulances and paramedical staff on the
highways would bring down fatalities due to increasing number of accidents.
In
the judgment it was observed that installing CCTV’s will be effective and the
government must insist on installation of CCTV’s while floating tenders for
construction of roads on BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) basis. It was also
observed that the reasons for increasing number of accidents on the highways
are due to the tendency of haphazard driving, not following lane discipline
and also due to heavy vehicles occupying
fast lanes. It was further suggested to have the cctv’s alongwith every lamp
post.
There
was not much activity in the reality sector in Ahmedabad since a long time and had remained almost stable. It is
observed by the experts that there will be major changes in terms of infrastructure and
residential projects. Infrastructure
will improve on completion of Outer Ring Road (ORR), Bus Rapid Transit System
(BRTS) etc.,
The
improvement in instructure facilities has created more demand in housing
sector in almost all localities,
especially on the city outskirts. This has given a fillip to the growth of
realty activities in Ahmedabad both in the residential housing projects and
also in commercial projects. One of the leading developer says – ”the town
planning and infrastructure policy of the state government are the major
drivers for the growth of the city and with the completion of many
infrastructure projects the city will witness increased activities in the
coming years”.
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