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Government of West Bengal Office of the District Magistrate & Collector, Burdwan Motor Vehicle Section. Proceedings of the meeting on shifting of Bus Stand on held on 28/12/2011 at the B.D.A Meeting Hall. Attendance :- Sl.No. Name Designation Signature 1. Sri Rabi Ranjan Chattapadhyay Hon’ble M.I.C & Chairman, BDA Sd/- 2. Sri Onkar Singh Meena, IAS District Magistrate, Burdwan Sd/- 3. Dr. Humayan Kabir, IPS Superintendent of Police, Burdwan Sd/- 4. Sri Prasanta Adhikari, S.D.O, Sadar(North), Burdwan Sd/- WBCS(Exe) 5. Sri Mrinal Kanti Rano, S.D.O, Sadar (South), Burdwan Sd/- WBCS(Exe) 6. Sri T.K.Pathak, WBCS(Exe) Executive Officer, BDA Sd/- 7. Smt. Tanusree Saha Vice- Chairman, Burdwan Sd/- Municipality 8. Sri Anirban Kolay, WBCS(Exe) Regional Transport Officer, Burdwan Sd/- 9. Sri Harunal Rashid, WBPS Dy. SP (Traffic), Burdwan Sd/- 10. Sri Ujjal Pramanick Hon’ble M.L.A, Jamalpur Sd/- 11. Sri Sanat Bhattacharya Burdwan District Daily Passengers Sd/- Association 12. Sri Sukumar Sarkar Burdwan District Daily Passengers Sd/- Association 13. Sri Gopal Chandra Thakur Burdwan Durgapur( Bus ) Daily Sd/- Passengers Association 14. Sri Gopal Ch. Koner Burdwan Durgapur( Bus ) Daily Sd/- Passengers Association 15. Sri Hare Krishna Hazra Burdwan Kalna Daily Passengers Sd/- Association 16. Sri Mongal Ch. Mondal Daily Passengers Association, Dakshin Sd/- Damodar 17. Sri Nurul Islam Mir INTUC Sd/- 18. Sri Abhas Bhattacharya INTUC Sd/- 19. Sri Tapan Mukherjee INTUC Sd/- 20. Sri Bidyut Roy INTUC Sd/- 21. Sri Ranajit Mondal INTUC Sd/- 22. Sri Shirsendu Sadhu Babosayee Suraksha Samiti Sd/- 23. Sri Mahender Singh Saluja Babosayee Suraksha Samiti Sd/- 24. Sri Joydeb Mukherjee AITC Sd/- 25. Sri Lakshmi Nayek INC Sd/- 26. Sri N. Sarkar Burdwan District Bus Syndicate Sd/- 27. Sri S. Hazra All Bengal STA Confederation Sd/- 28. Sri S.N.Roy All Bengal STA Confederation Sd/- 29. Sri Kuldip Singh Burdwan District Bus Association Sd/- 30. Sri Shankar Mukherjee RSP Sd/- 31. Sri Benimadhab Mondal Burdwan District Bus syndicate Sd/- 32. Sri Aloke Kr. Mukherjee Burdwan District Bus syndicate Sd/- 33. Sri Prasanto Kr. Samanta Burdwan District Bus syndicate Sd/- 34. Sri Deba Prosad Tewari Nadanghat Bus Malik Samity Sd/- 1 35. Sri Sarat Ch. Koner Nadanghat Bus Malik Samity Sd/- 36. Sri Tushar Kanti Ghosh Burdwan District Bus Association Sd/- 37. Sri Janaki Ranjan Sinha Guskara Bus Owners Association Sd/- 38. Sri Bistu Sadhan Singha Roy Burdwan District Bus Association Sd/- 39. Sri Sitanath Dey Burdwan District Bus Operators Samity Sd/- 40. Sri Nemai Dutta Burdwan District Bus Operators Sd/- Samity 41. Sri Udaysankar Roy Burdwan District Bus Association Sd/- 42. Sri Asim Roy Dakshin Damodar Bus Babosayee Sd/- Welfare Samity 43. Sri Sagar Roy Guskara Bus Owners Association Sd/- 44. Sri N. Sen Katwa Bus Owners Association Sd/- 45. Sri Ranadeb Mukherjee Katwa Bus Owners Association Sd/- 46. Sri Ashafowdulla Hossain Natunhat Bus Malik Kalyan Samiti Sd/- 47. Sri Pradip Banerjee Burdwan MiniBus Welfare Association Sd/- 48. Sri Swapan Kr. Mondal Katwa Bus Owners Association Sd/- 49. Sri Bikash Kesh Katwa Bus Owners Association Sd/- 50. Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mahanta Katwa Bus Owners Association Sd/- 51. Sri Bijoy Ghosh Dakshin Damodar Bus Babosayee Sd/- Welfare Samity 52. Sri Chiranjib Roy Katwa Bus Owners Association Sd/- 53. Sri Abdul Fattar Koyal Memari Bus Malik Suraksha Samiti Sd/- 54. Sri Prakash Ch. Nandy Asansol Bus Association 55. Sri Pranab Kr. Saha Memari Bus Malik Suraksha Samiti Sd/- 56. Sri A Choudhury Memari Bus Malik Suraksha Samiti Sd/- 57. Sri Sekhar Chatterjee Kalna Sub-divisional Bus Owners Sd/- Association 58. Sri Sk. Reazuddin Ahamed Dakshin Damodar Bus Babosayee Sd/- Welfare Samity 59. Sri Dulal Dey Representative, Poddar Projects Ltd. Sd/- 60. Sri Santosh Saha Burdwan Rickshaw Mazdoor Union Sd/- 61. Sri Arun Poddar Partner, Alisha Sd/- 62. Sri Bimal Goenka Partner, Alisha Sd/- 63. Sri Chandan Kr. Nandy Srijani , Nawabhat Sd/- 64. Sri Tushar Majumder CITU Sd/- 65. Sri Suvendu Mukherjee SBSTC Sd/- 66. Sri Koushik Chakraborty CPI(M) Sd/- 67. Sri Sandip Nandi BJP Sd/- 68. Sri Naba Kumar Hazra BJP Sd/- 69. Sri Moloy Mukherjee AIFB Sd/- 70. Sri Samir Chakraborty Kalna Bus Owners Welfare Association Sd/- 71. Sri Radhyasham Ghosal Burdwan Town Service Bus Owners Sd/- Samiti 72. Sri Pradip Kr Banerjee Burdwan Mini Bus Welfare Asson. Sd/- 73. Sri Raj Kumar Sharma Burdwan Town Service Bus Owners Samiti Sd/- 74. Sri Dilip Kr Bhattacharjee Burdwan Town Service Bus Owners Samiti 75. Sri Sib Kr. Sau Burdwan Development Authority Sd/- 76. Sri Md. Selim Khan INTTUC Sd/- 77. Sri Khokan Das AITC Sd/- The Hon’ble Minister-In-Charge and Chairman, Burdwan Development Authority took the Chair. He welcomed all the participants present and initiated the discussion. 2 The District Magistrate, Burdwan addressed the House by recalling previous efforts made on the part of the administration to mitigate the traffic congestion problem in the Burdwan town. He drew reference of the various suggestions which were received from various quarters in the last three months for this purpose. He referred to the Burdwan Development Authority’s commitment for getting the two new bus-stands ready at Nawabhat and Alisha and thanked it for the timely response. He drew attention of the House to the comprehensive Burdwan City Development Plan, as prepared by the technical experts of IIT, Kharagpur for the de-congestion of Burdwan town. He mentioned that the present development of the Burdwan town should effectively follow the perspective vision plan of IIT, Khargpur for long term benefit of the people of Burdwan. He also referred to the survey conducted by a District Level Team headed by Addl. District Magistrate (G), Burdwan with representatives from BDA, Traffic Police and RTO. The committee, before finalizing the report, had wide consultation with the stake holders like Bus Associations and Urban Local body. Important recommendations made by the Committee are: i. Operation of Tinkonia Bus Stand will be shifted to Alisha and Nawabhat. ii. Traffic Volunteers will be raised for smooth functioning of the Traffic within the Burdwan Town. iii. Unauthorized Rickshaw plying within the Municipal area shall be driven out in order to avoid heavy traffic congestion in the town. iv. FCI Go-down from Goods Shed Road, Burdwan Railway Station should be shifted to Talit Railway Station. Matter will be taken up at the appropriate level. v. Auto Manual traffic signal at important locations within the town will be installed. vi. Mandela Park will be demolished and will be converted into Passenger’s Waiting Area. vii. New Bus stoppage will be created at the important places within the town. viii. Inter-city bus service will be operated between Alisha and Nababhat. Thereafter, a power point presentation was given by the Executive Officer, BDA which consisted of the Vision 2025, as envisaged by the IIT, Kharagpur with respect to the development potential of the Burdwan town. It appeared from the presentation that the population of Burdwan town and its surrounding will increase by 3 lakh in the near future causing suffocation and near break-down of the existing transport facility of the town unless certain proactive anticipatory measures to release the constraints of traffic congestion are taken up immediately on a priority basis. It also transpired that the increasing trend of transport vehicles in the Burdwan town area has resulted in reduction of speed of movement of vehicles by over 20% over the years, resulting in unusual delay 3 and loss of valuable time as a resource affecting all walks of life. It emanated from the technical report submitted by IIT Kharagpur that the present centrally located bus-stand at Tinkonia is ill-equipped to handle the load capacity of buses from all parameters and needs to be re-located. Parallelly, two separate terminuses are to be designed and constructed on the outskirts of Burdwan to take care of the buses entering into & leaving the Burdwan town. The Executive Officer, BDA explained the schematic plan prepared and executed with respect to the two new bus-stands constructed at Nawabhat & Alisha . Latest pictures showing the readiness of the new bus-stands with civic amenities and passenger facility was also exhibited in the presentation. Lastly, the proposed realignment of buses using the new bus-stands was shown in the presentation. In the new scheme , the Tinkonia Bus-stand is to be closed for operation of buses. Instead the buses entering into the town are to operate from the nearest bus-stand located either at Alisha or Nawabhat. As per the said proposal, all buses of Dakshin Damodar section- Arambagh , Raina, Khandaghosh & Eastern G.T. Road -Memari , Borshul, Shaktigarh & Kolkata are to use the new bus stand at Alisha. On the other hand, buses from the Durgapur - Asansol section, Kalna, Nabadweep section, Katwa, Nadanghat section and Gushkara section are to use the new bus stand at Nawabhat . Proposed routes for the buses are enclosed in Annexure-A & B for Nawabhat and Alisha respectively. The D.S.P. (Traffic), Burdwan explained to the House the perspective plan of movement of various buses, to & from, the new bus-stands at Alisha & Nawabhat , as per the proposed scheme highlighting the safety considerations made while preparing the said plan. The Superintendent of Police , Burdwan requested the House to consider the plan as proposed, in accordance with the recommendations of the IIT Kharagpur. He mentioned that the present traffic system in the Burdwan has long reached a stage of oversaturation and is on the verge of collapse at any moment. He also expressed his concern over the rising levels of pollution in the Burdwan town region and stated that certain steps are being taken to address this issue from the end of the police administration.