The Elevated Road Ahead, Road Will Link JLN Stadium With Commonwealth Games Village
By pardeep3dec, Section CommonWealth Games 2010
Posted on Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 12:18:06 AM EST
A GROUP of Ministers have given a go-ahead to Delhi government to construct an elevated road linking Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with the Commonwealth Games village.
The elevated road measuring 5.5 kilometres over the Barapullah Nullah connects Sarai Kale Khan with Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and will move further on till Dilli Haat. The estimated cost of this project is around Rs 610 crore.
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The group headed by HRD minister Arjun Singh, approved the Delhi government's proposal for construction of the elevated road, but said that the Archeological Survey of India should be kept updated on the project passing close to many historical monuments in Delhi.
This was one of the major proposals cleared, a senior government functionary said. Some other issues related to sports infrastructure was also resolved, he said. Urban Planners in Delhi have severely criticised the road as a bad urban design project that will spoil the view of the 17th century heritage structures Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana's Tomb constructed in 1627 AD and the Barapullah Bridge constructed during the reign of Jehangir. Incidentally the route alignment originally proposed by the Public Works De partment is just 5 metres away from the Barapullah Bridge and 51 metres away from the tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-I-Khana. Both monuments are protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and any construction within 100 metres of such structures is prohibited by law.
Senior officials of the ASI had earlier said that the elevated road will adversely affect the view of the Mughal monuments.
The Delhi Urban Art Commission then headed by Charles Correa too had recommended that the road alignment near the protected monuments should be shifted away and be kept more than 100 metres away from the protected monuments.
The School of Planning and Architecture, that had been approached by PWD for advise, too had said preliminary analysis had indicated no construction could be carried out in proximity to the protected monuments and that alternative options for realignment would have to be explored.
By: HT, 10-04-2008
