Statues of Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu, Ravi Dahiya to find place in Olympics Boulevard

The athletics-themed extend, the initial of its form, will be redeveloped and redesigned as element of Main Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ambitious streetscaping venture. The estimated duration of the stretch is 900 metres and it will be redeveloped on Highway Variety 51 from Mukundpur Chowk to MCD colony in close proximity to Model City.

The Olympics Vithi or Olympics Boulevard will have a athletics appear with sculptures and statues of javelin thrower and Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, badminton participant PV Sindhu, boxer Lovlina Borghain, wrestler Ravi Dahiya, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, wrestler Bajrang Punia amid others.

The measurement of these statue and sculptures will be 15 to 20 ft peak, with 2-3mm sheet metallic thickness with built-in lighting technique to give them an aesthetic appear.

Other than celebrating and honouring the champions, the government also aims to inspire the youth of India to get up sporting activities as a vocation and as a practice to keep match.

The stretch will even more have a artificial fibre cycle observe, open up gyms with cross trainers, squat pushing, bicycle and other devices. It will also have a children engage in spot with multi-engage in equipment for little ones such as creepy crawly climber, hexa-climber, swing, see-noticed and others.

The street engineering, geometry, kerbs, footpaths will be redeveloped as below the challenge to offer a safe and safe pathway for pedestrians. “Currently, the street is uneven with lousy geometry and bottlenecks. Beneath this streetscaping task, all these bottlenecks will be taken out and extend will be built safer for pedestrians and it will also support reduce the incidents. The cycle observe will be employed for the people of the neighbouring colonies for cycling as properly as staff commuting to perform,” said a senior PWD official.

An official claimed, “The stretch has enough space so we are utlising the places to build safe route as very well as a participating in and operate out area for the youth and children. It will also have four-seater benches where by individuals can sit perform carom, ludo and chess. There will be different parking, bathrooms, kiosks, drinking water ATM and foot trucks in which men and women residing in the close by spots as perfectly as commuters can appreciate the look at and learn about our Olympic champions and get understanding from the info kiosks.”

Apart from avenue home furniture, walkways, fountains and waterbodies will also be presented to enhance the aesthetic attraction of the ecosystem and the entrance of highway will also be made in an arc form with vegetation and shrubs. It will give persons a feel-very good experience. “There will be parking area for food stuff vehicles, in an built-in format with out of doors seating to endorse inexpensive authentic Indian road meals,” additional the official.

Further, drinking water harvesting, drains and sewer on this extend will be redeveloped and selfie factors will also be created. “The sports activities search will motivate the children to consider component in sports and stick to their desires and passerby and commuters will also be motivated to acquire up sporting activities routines to remain in shape,” stated the formal.

The tender for the undertaking has been floated and consultants have been appointed. The estimated value of the task is Rs 19.30 crore, of which Rs 13.28 crore is for building function, Rs 3.8 crore electrical and Rs 2.15 crore for horticulture progress perform. The tender method will acquire about a single thirty day period and once the do the job is awarded, the operate is predicted to begin by March-April and the stretch will be streetscaped, beautified and redeveloped by August.

BOX Extend Road Quantity 51 FROM MUKUNDPUR TO MCD COLONY

Length- 900 meter, approx 1km

Extend theme– Athletics, committed to olympic and para-olympic champions 2021

Stretch will be called as–Olympic Vithi/ Olympic Boulevard

Statues– Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra, Badminton Player PV Sindhu, Boxer Lovlina Borghain, Wrestler Ravi Dahiya, Weighlifter Mirabai Chanu, Wrestler Bajrang Punia and other individuals.

Other amenities–Open Gym, Youngsters Perform place, road furnitures and sitting down area for elderly individuals, food stuff truck, kiosk, fountain, waterbody, ornamental designer lightes, sandstone benches and 55 toes significant flag and other people.

Tenders floated, estimated cost Rs 19crore