The Winter Vacation Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has adjourned the hearing of a PIL filed against the closure of the Hexi Cycle Project in Jabalpur within two years.

The division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla, which was hearing the public interest litigation filed by Raja Bhargava, a resident of Nayagaon area of ​​Jabalpur, through Advocate Aditya Sanghi, ordered to hear the PIL before the regular bench on January 18.

The Counsel argued that to solve the traffic problem in Jabalpur, in October 2018, Smart City Limited started a Hexi cycle project in Jabalpur through a public private partnership. For this, 45 bicycle stations and kiosks were built in Jabalpur after spending crores of rupees. The aim of this project was that people should use more and more bicycles to avoid traffic jams in the city. Even after spending crores of rupees, Smart City Limited has discontinued the Hexi Cycle Project, alleged the Counsel.

During the hearing of the case on Monday, petitioner’s advocate Aditya Sanghi informed the court that tea and paan were being kept on the cycle track built from Katanga Tirahe to Guarighat by the Municipal Corporation and Smart City Ltd after spending crores of rupees. Because of this, the bicycle track is not being used.

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After hearing preliminary arguments, the court adjourned the next hearing of the PIL for January 18. Now, the matter will be heard before the regular bench of the High Court.