Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Jammu Complex to Rehouse Traders Displaced by Flyover
The Jammu Municipal Corporation is building a new shopping complex.
It is meant for shopkeepers who lost their shops because of flyover construction.
The new complex will be located in Bhagwati Nagar.
Traders from Satwari Chowk and Nai Basti are expected to receive space there.
The shopkeepers had been using shops allotted by the Corporation and paying rent.
The new shops are intended to give them a more permanent and organized place to work.
There will be 36 shops in total.
Parking will be available in front of the shops.
Jammu Municipal Corporation laid the foundation stone for a rehabilitation shopping complex.
The complex at Bhagwati Nagar will serve traders displaced from Satwari Chowk and Nai Basti.
The shopkeepers’ existing shops were removed for flyover construction.
The project will include 36 shops, each measuring 8 feet by 10 feet.
Parking will be provided in front of the shops for customers and visitors.
- Who
- The Jammu Municipal Corporation and shopkeepers displaced by flyover construction.
- What
- The foundation stone was laid for a shopping complex containing 36 rehabilitation shops.
- When
- The foundation stone was laid on Saturday, September 19; the year is not specified.
- Where
- Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, for traders displaced from Satwari Chowk and Nai Basti.
- Why
- To provide organized, permanent commercial space for shopkeepers whose shops were removed for flyover development.
- Implementing agency
- Jammu Municipal Corporation
- Project location
- Bhagwati Nagar
- Intended beneficiaries
- Shopkeepers displaced from Satwari Chowk and Nai Basti
- Number of shops
- 36
- Shop dimensions
- 8 feet by 10 feet each
- Additional facility
- Parking space in front of the shops
- Reason for displacement
- Flyover construction