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Kartavya Path

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the statue of our great Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and inaugurated ‘Kartavya Path’ at India Gate on Thursday. The sculpture of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was made of granite which is placed to show our gratitude and to give a small tribute to him for his great contributions in the struggle of freedom. We will always be obliged to him throughout our life. The Kartavya Path is a perfect example of the public empowerment and ownership. The statue of Netaji was crafted by Shri Arun Yogiraj. The statue is 28 feet tall and weighs 65MT, made up of monolithic granite stone. The Kartavya Path is a part of Amrit Kaal:‘remove any trace of colonial mindset’ for new India. This is a step of ‘Panch Pran’ lined up by our Prime Minister during his pledge on 75th Independence Day.

The adjoining areas of the Central Vista Avenue and the Rajpath had faced the accelerated pressure of visitors which was putting stress on the infrastructure. The Central Vista Avenue was a part of redevelopment project which was included in the government’s main objectives. The avenue was lacking in different amenities that includes drinking water, appropriate parking space, street furniture and toilets. It faced unorganized parking, water maintenance was poor and signal was inadequate. The redevelopment of the path will help to minimize the restriction on public movement and will also helps in the National events. The parades of Republic Day can be managed more organize from now on. The rejuvenation has been done keeping in mind about all these concerns.

During the British rule, the Rajpath was known as Kingsway. It is built approximately hundred years ago by the architects Herbert Baker and Edwin Lutyens. The road was 3kms stretched and built as liturgical avenue. In the year of 1911, the capital of India was changed from Calcutta to New Delhi and the construction of the Rajpath continued for few more years.

The area of Kartavya Path stretched under the Statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose up to Rashtrapati Bhavan. The path consists of lawns along with walkways, green spaces and display landscapes. It has many facilities like tenable lineaments like recycling the water, management of storm water, solid waste management, lighting based on energy efficiency system, rainwater harvesting and conservation of water. A new Parliament building of triangular shape has been built with few government offices and Central Secretariat office are rebuilt on both sides of the expanded lawns.  

@Anaya Bagchi Das

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