By PTI
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday inaugurated the newly-christened Kartavya Path, the stretch of highway from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate earlier often known as Rajpath.
According to the Union housing and concrete affairs ministry, the brand new stretch will likely be extra pedestrian-friendly due to the brand new crimson granite walkways spreading 15.5 km which were created, changing bajri sand that lined the bottom earlier.
Four new pedestrian underpasses have been constructed at busy junctions to segregate vehicular visitors from pedestrian motion, making the road secure to cross.
According to an official, 74 historic mild poles and all chain hyperlinks have been restored, upgraded and reinstalled on the location and greater than 900 new mild poles have been added the place essential to make sure that the area is all the time secure for guests.
The revamped stretch is a part of the Modi authorities’s formidable Central Vista redevelopment challenge, which additionally envisages a brand new triangular Parliament constructing, a typical central secretariat, a brand new prime minister’s residence and workplace, and a brand new vice-president’s enclave.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday inaugurated the newly-christened Kartavya Path, the stretch of highway from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate earlier often known as Rajpath.
According to the Union housing and concrete affairs ministry, the brand new stretch will likely be extra pedestrian-friendly due to the brand new crimson granite walkways spreading 15.5 km which were created, changing bajri sand that lined the bottom earlier.
Four new pedestrian underpasses have been constructed at busy junctions to segregate vehicular visitors from pedestrian motion, making the road secure to cross.
According to an official, 74 historic mild poles and all chain hyperlinks have been restored, upgraded and reinstalled on the location and greater than 900 new mild poles have been added the place essential to make sure that the area is all the time secure for guests.
The revamped stretch is a part of the Modi authorities’s formidable Central Vista redevelopment challenge, which additionally envisages a brand new triangular Parliament constructing, a typical central secretariat, a brand new prime minister’s residence and workplace, and a brand new vice-president’s enclave.
