Call it the Games effect. Adjoining streets of the Games Village and stadia in the capital will be dotted with specially designed street furniture, new look telephone booths and sleek info kiosks.
There would also be drinking water fountains, environment-friendly toilets and dustbins and bright coloured letter boxes along the route to the village and stadia as part of the streetscaping and beautification drive being undertaken jointly by CPWD, MCD, NDMC, DDA and PWD at an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore.
The mammoth task of the complete makeover plan for the capital streets for the Commonwealth Games, the biggest ever sporting extravaganza in the country, will however, be effected in the limited areas covering only 70 km length of the roads in the city.
"We have engaged some reputed consultants with global expertise to beautify and landscape 70 km of roads near the stadia and Games Village in the capital," a senior official involved with the task said.
While all streets including traffic island are to be made pedestrian friendly and barrier free, a concerted effort is being launched to convert the central verge as a green belt with thick plantation.
A massive streetscaping drive is being launched to beautify the roads leading to stadia and the Games village.
Roads around IG Stadium, Yamuna Sports Complex, Karnal Singh Shooting Range, Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex, Chatrasal Stadium, Thyagraj Sports Complex, Siri Fort Complex, RK Khanna Stadium and Games Village will undergo massive refurbishing as part of the beautification plan.
The installation of smart-looking info kiosks, telephone booths, toilets, dustbins, street furniture, letter boxes and drinking water fountains on the roads will be carried out on a public-private partnership model.
These services will be managed by private operators on a build, operate and transfer basis (BOT), the official said. After completion of the Games, government is considering a comprehensive maintenance plan for these roads.
Mechanised cleaning and involvement of trained personnel in the exercise and creating awareness to follow civic norms are some of the steps being considered to maintain the refurbished streets.
