NEW DELHI: Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to address problems related to congestion of roads, housing, lack of public spaces and other amenities.
He also asked the DDA to develop country’s first cycle sharing system and said the authority must promote country’s first cycle sharing system at Dwaraka sub-city.
For that Naidu has asked the DDA to engage a consultant of international repute to prepare feasibility reports. This system will cover 65 sq km of area with 300 cycle stations with modern smart-card based interface, computerised docking facilities and women friendly cycles.
He has also asked the authority to take up construction of elevated or new roads, up-gradation and extension of existing corridors and provide seamless connectivity with other adjoining cities without passing through inner areas of the city. He has particularly directed to decongest five critical roads here.
He also suggested to develop Urban Extension Road connecting North Delhi with airport and Gurgaon without requiring to cross through congested areas of Central and South Delhi and Connaught Place or Rao Tularam Marg.
The other critical roads include, extension of Chattarpur and Mandi Road for better connectivity with Gurgaon, Extension of Barapullah Phase-III from East Delhi to airport, Dwarka Expressway and new connections from Noida and Faridabad.
There are also plans to develop public plazas, food courts, shopping areas within catchment areas of most of the 65 stations of Delhi Metro Phase-III.
South Delhi greenway corridor will be developed by cleaning the 12 km long Barapullah Nallah using bio-remediation techniques to create safe, vibrant public places for public, including women and children.
Cycling highway corridor will be developed connecting South Delhi to Central Business Districts. He asked the DDA to provide shared public spaces based on the traditional concept of ‘chowks’ similar to Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad and Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad.
The authority has been asked to develop five world class integrated passenger terminals in the form of transit hubs to provide seamless integration between different modes such as airports, railway stations, local metro stations and buses with feeder services for last minute connectivity.
“These terminals would come up at Anand Vihar, Sarai Kale Khan, Dwarka Sector-21, Tikri Kalan and Kashmir Gate,” said Naidu.