A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the ‘Kartavya Path’, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday approved the proposal of renaming the Rajpath. The road and the area from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose statue at India Gate C-Hexagon to the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be known as Kartavya Path. Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the revamped Central Vista in New Delhi on Thursday. Following this, it will be made open to the public. Modi will also unveil the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate on the occasion.
A special meeting of the NDMC presided over by the Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi was held. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also the member of NDMC, was not present in the meeting.
Over the years, Rajpath and adjoining areas of the Central Vista Avenue had been witnessing pressure of increasing traffic of visitors, putting stress on its infrastructure. It lacked basic amenities like public toilets, drinking water, street furniture and adequate parking space.
Govt offices, courts to be shut from 3 PM
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the inauguration of the revamped central vista, the Government offices and the Delhi High Court as well as Patiala House Court shall remain closed from 3 pm onwards.
As a large number of VVIPs and invitees are expected to attend the function, the Centre government had also issued a circular to all the ministries and departments to direct non-essential staff to work from home, encourage maximum employees to use public transport and close offices post lunch after 4 PM.