Overview

• Bulldozers returned to VIP Road on June 3 to raze the Institute of Cooperative Management under the GMDA’s Silsako Beel expansion drive.
• The Institute of Hotel Management, Ginger Hotel and other structures are slated for demolition in the coming weeks with temporary relocation sites arranged in Rehabari and Sonapur.
• Authorities expect to complete the removal of all constructions by the end of the monsoon season and then start excavation work during the dry months to increase floodwater storage capacity.
• Compensation packages of ₹10 lakh for RCC buildings, ₹5 lakh for Assam-type houses and ₹1 lakh for kutcha houses have been offered, but rights groups report around 200 to 300 evictees still await payment.
• Once finished, the expanded reservoir will reclaim nearly 800 bighas of wetland to hold excess stormwater and channel it gradually into the Brahmaputra via the Bondajan outlet.