Crores spent on Pusa Road pavements gone waste

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 04 September 2014 | 22.10

NEW DELHI: The erstwhile MCD spent crores of rupees on rebuilding pavements along Pusa Road before the Commonwealth Games in 2010. To match international standards, it even laid tactile warning strips on pavements, for the visually impaired.

Four years on, the tiles are either broken or missing. For a visually impaired person to follow these strips can be dangerous, as cars, traffic signals and even advertisement poles have come up on pavements. Hence, pedestrians prefer walking on the main carriageway.

At some places, shops have come up right in the middle of a pavement. In the past few years, residents say, no action has been taken against such encroachments. Residents say tehbazari owners have constructed permanent and makeshift shops on pavements. From helmets to food items, books and other goods are all kept on pavements.

Residents also point out the mindless planning of government agencies who have installed poles for hoardings and traffic signals, end even planted saplings in the middle of narrow pavements on both sides of the road.

Once a largely residential area, Pusa Road is fast turning into a commercial hub with educational institutes, coaching centres, hospitals and showrooms. Most of the big commercial centres have broken the pavements and leveled them with the main road so that cars can easily enter their buildings.

The remaining space on pavements is encroached by vehicles. Ramps on both sides of the pavements, which were constructed to provide hassle-free access to disabled people, are today used by people to park cars, two-wheelers and rickshaws.

On the 3km stretch between Hanuman Temple and Pusa Institute, it is difficult to find 10 metres of encroachment-free pavement.

Right at the start of Pusa Road, the pavement has been occupied by the Hanuman Temple and a Shani Temple, which have come up at the Karol Bagh roundabout.

Residents say, despite repeated complaints to civic authorities no action has been taken to free pavements of encroachment. "Strict action should be taken against commercial establishments which have encroached upon the pavements. As civic agencies don't take action, encroached pavements have become the norm,'' said Neeraj Gupta, a resident of Rajinder Nagar.

A lot of construction work is underway on both sides of Pusa Road. And the pavements are used for dumping construction waste and stocking construction material.

North Delhi Municipal Corporation's mayor, Yogender Chandolia, who lives Karol Bagh, is familiar with the area's problem. But he pleads helplessness in dealing with the menace. He cites multiplicity of authorities and acute shortage of staff as the prime reasons for rampant encroachment on pavements. "The stretch is not maintained by North Corporation. The problem has become acute after the arterial roads were transferred to PWD. Now, the civic agencies can't take any action on arterial roads on their own,'' said Chandolia.

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