The Indian Express | Delhi’s iconic Rajpath is now Kartavya Path

Sep 09,2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during inauguration of newly-christened Kartavya Path, a stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, as part of revamped Central Vista in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. 

PM Modi met workers who worked on the Central Vista avenue and the statue - gardners, electricians, stone masons. 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was present during the inauguration of the newly-christened Kartavya Path. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen during the inauguration of Kartavya Path, with Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, G Kishan Reddy.

Central Vista was thrown open around 20 months after it was closed for the redevelopment project. The picture shows a glimpse of the iconic redevelopment of Central Vista Avenue. 

Around 1,000-plus white and red sandstone bollards give the redeveloped space its historical look and feel.

The India Gate was illuminated during inauguration of Kartavya Path. 

Combo image shows present look of the boat club (top) and projected look of the same (bottom) in the Central Vista Avenue, as shared by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. 

Actor Kangana Ranaut attended the inauguration and said that "struggle of revolutionaries, be it Netaji or Savarkar had been completely denied as only one side was shown".

Along the Rajpath, the area spreading 3.90 lakh square metres has been developed with greenery all around. 

28-ft statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as part of the revamped Central Vista, in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. 

View of the Kartavya Path, a stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, before its inauguration in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. 

Parking space for 1,125 vehicles has been created in the entire stretch. A parking space for 35 buses has been created near India Gate. 

With layers of top-quality grass now adorning the greens, activities like picnics on the grass immediately adjacent to India Gate will not be allowed. 

There will be dedicated spaces for sellers of ice creams and other food items; six new parking lots for visitors; over 400 benches; amphitheatres for public performances; 64 toilets for women, 32 for men and 10 for the differently abled. 

The revamp is part of the overall Rs 13,450-crore Central Vista Project, including a new Parliament building, new residence and office for the Vice-President and the Prime Minister, new ministry buildings, and the conversion of North and South Blocks into museums.  

Eight organised vending plazas spread across Central Vista will have various kinds of vendors, especially for that typical Delhi experience of ice-cream at India Gate. 

Boating will be allowed, as before, in two canals — one near Krishi Bhawan and another one around Vanijya Bhawan. 

New signboard bearing Kartavya Path unveiled following the change of Rajpath to Kartavya Path, in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. 

74 historic light poles and all chain links have been restored and over 900 new light poles installed.