The Hindu
MAKING A POINT: Deputy Commissioner Gourav Gupta speaking to officials at the site for the proposed truck terminus on Gabbur Cross in Hubli on Thursday. P. Manivannan, Commissioner of Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Council, and Narayan Nadamani, Police Comm issioner, are seen.
HUBLI: Deputy Commissioner Gourav Gupta said on Thursday that work on a truck terminus near Gabbur Cross here has begun and the first stage of the terminus can accommodate 500 trucks.After inspecting the land earmarked for the terminus, Mr. Gupta directed the officials of Nandi Highway Developers to make provision for parking trucks in a month and complete the work at the earliest.
According to the commitment made, Nandi Highway Developers, which has constructed Hubli-Dharwad Bypass Road, has to construct the truck terminus also. Recently, the district administration gave 25.2 acres of land near Gabbur Cross to the firm for construction work.
The proposed terminus will have a warehouse, petrol station, restaurant, dormitory, and a truck service station apart from providing parking space for trucks.
Narayan Nadamni, Police Commissioner of Hubli-Dharwad, said as soon as space for trucks is provided at the terminus, parking of such vehicles in Hubli will be prohibited. Arrangements will be made for unloading goods at the terminus in order to ease traffic congestion in the city, he said.
P. Manivannan, Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, asked the officials to give priority to work on the terminus. Earlier, Shivakumar Sangolli, General Manager of Nandi Highway Developers, briefed the Deputy Commissioner and other senior officials about the terminus. L.K. Birgoudar, Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Urban Development Authority, and Chandrashekhar Hugar, Executive Engineer of the National Highway Authority, were present.
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