By Rohit Pawar : - State Government rolls out facility, question remains, for whom? - Crores spent on roads, police station, fire station and civic infrastructure amid sparse population - Incomplete connectivity and dangerous stretches expose gaps in execution by Nagpur Smart & Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited That unsettling question now defines the sprawling Area-Based Development (ABD) zone in Pardi, Punapur, Bharatwada and Bhandewadi, a stretch of 1730 acres, where gleaming public buildings rise from vast stretches of silence, vacant land and disconnected roads that leads to nowhere. The newly built Pardi Police Station, Pardi Fire Station and Skill Development Office -- developed by Nagpur Smart & Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) and recently handed over to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) -- stand polished and ready, almost like a city prepared for residents who have yet to arrive. But with sparse population and limited urban activity across large parts of Pardi, Punapur, Bharatwada and Bhandewadi, residents are increasingly asking: who exactly will use these grand facilities today? The Smart City ABD project was projected as East Nagpur’s grand urban transformation. Under the 60:40 land pooling model, residents surrendered large portions of land for roads and civic infrastructure with promises of seamless connectivity, rising land value and organised development. However, a ground visit by The Hitavada reveals a sharply different reality. Roads to nowhere Several newly constructed roads abruptly end into vacant land, muddy stretches and undeveloped patches. In some places, incomplete roads dangerously open towards nullahs without proper barricading, making night travel risky. The proposed connectivity from Bhandara Road through Pardi towards Kalamna Town remains incomplete in multiple stretches. Motorists travelling after dark encounter sudden dead ends, broken surfaces and poorly lit diversions. Despite crores spent on infrastructure, continuous start-to-end road connectivity remains missing across several sections