Months following the Common wealth Games 2010 got over, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is still completing Games projects. The latest is the beautification of the stretch under the Barapullah elevated road. The land agency, which had elaborate plans to build cycle tracks, urban plazas, walking trail entire with wooden street furniture along the 4.6km stretch, is starting off with a sundial. The giant sundial is being constructed in the space where the elevated Barapullah starts with a slip road on the Sarai Kale Khan ISBT side. Scheduled to be completed by next month, the sundial will be the focal point for the entry to the important road.
Said DDA spokesperson Neemo Dhar, "The work has already started. We hope that the construction will be completed by mid-April." The sundial, to be made of steel, has been planned by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Added Dhar, "Since the sundial is a giant structure, we needed to bring in experts from outside who would build an instrument similar to that at Jantar Mantar." The steel dial, measuring 40 feet or 12 metres, is to come up on many pillars that will support the structure. DDA officials claim it's the first steel sundial in the country, with others being made of brick and mortar.
The experts from IIT were specially called in to construct the foundation on which such a huge structure would come up, added officials. Interestingly, the decoration of the stretch, along with the sundial, was originally scheduled as a Games project. The land agency had even set aside Rs 25 crore as funds, and had planned to divide the scenery based on the demography of the colonies the elevated road would be going through. The sundial was to come up as a reflection of India's heritage.
Said DDA spokesperson Neemo Dhar, "The work has already started. We hope that the construction will be completed by mid-April." The sundial, to be made of steel, has been planned by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Added Dhar, "Since the sundial is a giant structure, we needed to bring in experts from outside who would build an instrument similar to that at Jantar Mantar." The steel dial, measuring 40 feet or 12 metres, is to come up on many pillars that will support the structure. DDA officials claim it's the first steel sundial in the country, with others being made of brick and mortar.
The experts from IIT were specially called in to construct the foundation on which such a huge structure would come up, added officials. Interestingly, the decoration of the stretch, along with the sundial, was originally scheduled as a Games project. The land agency had even set aside Rs 25 crore as funds, and had planned to divide the scenery based on the demography of the colonies the elevated road would be going through. The sundial was to come up as a reflection of India's heritage.
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