Godowlia-Maidagin road being dug up for road construction, increasing hardships for commuters
VARANASI: The officials claim to complete the Godowlia-Dashashwamedh pedestrian road with heritage look by February-end, but the Godowlia-Maidagin road project will leave the people and pilgrims heading to Kashi Vishwanath temple struggling for next five months.
Reason for it is the compulsion of keeping this road open for commute as not only major markets are located along it, but construction material for the Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) project is also transported through it.
When TOI contacted divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal on Sunday, a day after he inspected both projects, he said, “The Godowlia-Maidagin road construction in heritage style has been delayed for over a year as the traders’ bodies had some objections on its design earlier. The road cannot be closed completely as major markets are located along it and it is also used for transporting construction material for the KV Dham project.”