By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to give a new look to the stretch between the Red Fort and Fatehpuri Masjid in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi with the local body tabling the redevelopment plan of the road before the Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC).
The Rs 15-crore project, submitted on September 2, will give an attractive look to the stretch. The stretch will have modern street furniture, streetlighting, modern signages, attractive elevations, convenient footpaths, benches and a common cable system.
Chandni Chowk
After getting nod from DUAC, the MCD will also start work on introducing the light rail system and a new tram service on the stretch between Red Fort and Fatehpuri Masjid.
According to the plan, four metre-gauge trams, each having a capacity to carry 20 people, will run on the southern carriageway of Chandni Chowk from Red Fort to Fatehpuri Masjid. There will be two tracks — one tram will go from Red Fort to Fatehpuri Masjid, the other from Fatehpuri to Red Fort. The northern carriageway of the Chandni Chowk stretch will be used for vehicular traffic from H C Sen Marg, Town Hall area, or from the Fatehpuri Masjid side. Traffic will not be allowed to enter from the Red Fort side.
The redevelopment plan of the Red Fort to Fatehpuri Masjid road is a part of MCD’s grand Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Plan which includes redevelopment of Jama Masjid precincts, which got the DUAC’s approval this June.
Meanwhile, MCD has assured the Delhi High Court that it will soon begin the development work at Jama Masjid.
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