On record
A ~9km, ₹998-crore NHAI elevated corridor was built so close to a 150-year-old house that its beam passes roughly 14-15 feet through the family's balcony, triggering outrage over urban-planning failures. NHAI issued the family a 15-day eviction notice, calling the balcony an "unauthorised encroachment," despite an encroachment flag on the project having gone unaddressed for about a year.
The official record states: "NHAI classified the balcony as "an unauthorised encroachment, outside approved construction space" built on government Nazul land in a notified slum zone."
“A ₹998-crore corridor that passes through somebody's balcony. The alignment was approved by everyone except the family.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/nagpur-flyover-cuts-through-house-balcony-nhai-claims-encroachment-3730217
- https://thelogicalindian.com/maharashtra-nagpurs-%E2%82%B9998-crore-flyover-cuts-through-house-balcony-sparks-urban-planning-debate/
Visitor reviews Satire
“The beam runs straight through a family's balcony, and NHAI has sent them the eviction notice for being in the way of it.”
“Nine hundred and ninety-eight crore of alignment, and the only thing it lines up with is a 150-year-old drawing room.”
“Stood in Ashok Nagar looking up at concrete fifteen feet inside somebody's house. Everyone approved this except the people living in it.”
