COIMBATORE: Corporation officials have stepped up their efforts to find a place to relocate the congested omni bus stand from Gandhipuram.
Sources said civic officials have been searching for suitable land for one month already inside the city or on the outskirts. It has not received the expected permission from the National Highways Authority on handing over its land on Avinashi Road at Neelambur for the new omni bus stand. The Highways Authority owns over 10 acres of land at Neelambur.
Corporation Commissioner K Vijayakarthikeyan has written to District Revenue Officer T Christuraj asking for vacant revenue lands in or near the city.
Town Planning officials have tentatively identified land in Thudiyalur, which may provide temporary relief in reducing congestion near GP traffic signal in Gandhipuram. The location may be changed. Mayor P Rajkumar and the Commissioner are yet to finalise the place.
“We are considering all places where enough land is available to relocate the bus stand,” said a Corporation official.
Lorry Pettai
The Corporation is also looking for land to shift the Lorry Pettai from Ukkadam. The proposal to locate it near Vellalore bus stand has been found unfeasible.
“Representatives of the consultancy firm preparing the detailed project report visited Vellalore, but advised another location for the Lorry Pettai. The proposed integrated bus stand there and the Lorry Pettai would ‘clash’,” said a source.
Shifting Zoo
Officials are also thinking of shifting the Corporation zoo from the present location near VOC Park.
“Town Planning Officer Ravichandran has identified land near Isha Yoga Center which Mayor P Rajkumar and myself will check in the coming days. We are also searching for other suitable land,” said Commissioner Vijayakarthikeyan.