India, July 29 -- Two central jails in Thane and Nagpur will soon be relocated to remote areas to make way for the redevelopment of the buildings and other development projects. The state government has decided to move the Thane jail to a 50-acre plot at Amanegaon in Bhiwandi and the Nagpur jail to a 180-acre plot at Chincholi village, which is over 20 km away from its existing location.

After chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde gave the go-ahead to shift the two jails a week ago, the home department has now begun the process of shifting the jails by ensuring appropriate land of more than 70 acres are used to construct the new jails, as per the new norms, keeping in view the rising number of inmates....