Disparity in Nagpur
Chunabhatti ward is a locality presenting a blend of slum and developed areas. Old Ajni locality of the ward is around 300 years old but still far away from development.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown is located in this ward. This is one of the prime localities along Wardha Road. First term corporator Laxmi Munna Yadav of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying hard for overall development of the ward. Chunabhatti, Ambika Nagar, Old Ajni, East and West Samarth Nagar, Sahakarya Nagar, Rajeev Nagar, Navjeevan Colony, Priyanka Wadi, Rahul Nagar, Gajanan Nagar, Kanfade Nagar, Hindustan Colony, Ajni Square and Prashant Nagar are prominent localities of this ward. Water supply is satisfactory in her ward, said Laxmi Yadav and stated that roads are also in good condition. The ward is having many open grounds which may be developed as play grounds in the near future. She has constructed a compound wall to the open ground in East Samarth Nagar while she is developing a basketball ground at Prashant Nagar. She is trying to save these open spaces from encroachment. She is constructing a jogging track and a play ground at Hindustan Colony. Yadav has asphalted roads of Pragati Colony, Hindustan Colony, Samarth Nagar and Navjeevan Colony. NMC has constructed safety walls along the nullah that flows from Ajni to Narendra Nagar-Chhatrapati Square. Ahead of monsoon, she has ensured that the nullah is properly cleaned by NMC. Yadav has demanded NMC to start a Hindi medium school in the building of East Samarth Nagar Civic School. Presently, the Marathi school is closed due to scant strength of students. The building is idle and vacant for the last two years. However, her proposal for a Hindi medium school did not attract the officials of Education Department. Laxmi Yadav has provided home-to-home drinking water connection in slum locality. She has provided toilet blocks in 400 houses of slum-dwellers. She has constructed cement roads and community hall at Navjeevan Colony. NMC has erected street lights worth Rs 5 lakh in Navjeevan Colony, Prashant Nagar and Samarth Nagar. Yadav demanded NMC to construct development plan road between Irrigation colony square to Juni Ajni Square. High Court directed to make alternate arrangement of slum-dwellers that could be displaced due to construction of this road. If this road is constructed, it will provide direct access from Irrigation Colony to Narendra Nagar under bridge. She alleged that in the last five years, the civic body has failed to make alternative arrangement for slum-dwellers. Slum-dwellers were against the flat scheme provided under Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP), Yadav said.
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