The Modi Government has decided to rename the historic Rajpath and Central Vista lawns in the national Capital as “Kartavya Path”, on Monday.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has convened a special meeting on September 7 and the proposal will be placed before the council following a proposal from the Centre. Rajpath was known as Kingsway during British Rule.
According to the vice chairman of the NDMC, Satish Upadhyay, the entire road and area from the Netaji statue to the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be known as Kartavya Path.
“We are convening a special meeting to discuss and rename the Central Vista and Rajpath stretch as Kartavya Path on September 7. The proposal is yet to come but the meeting is being called to discuss the change in name. All members and officials concerned will participate in the meeting,” Upadhyay said
Going by the ethos of the Modi government to make nomenclatures more people-centric, the name of the road on which the prime minister’s residence is located was changed from Race Course Road to Lok Kalyan Marg in 2015, they added.
In 2015, Aurangzeb Road was renamed A P J Abdul Kalam Road. In 2017, Dalhousie Road was renamed Dara Shikoh Road. Also, Teen Murti Teen Murti Chowk was changed to Teen Murti Haifa Chowk in 2018. There have been several proposals to rename Akbar Road, but nothing has been done yet.
The redevelopment project of the Central Vista — the nation’s power corridor — also envisages a new triangular Parliament building, a common central secretariat, a new residence of the prime minister, a prime minister’s office, and a new vice-president’s enclave.