A heavy police pressure has been deployed across the Delhi’s Eidgah Park because the work to relocate the statue of Rani Lakshmibai from the Rani Jhansi roundabout to the park commenced yesterday. The police pressure has been deployed following robust opposition from the native Muslim neighborhood. In gentle of the protests, the set up course of started beneath heavy safety, with police and paramilitary forces deployed on-site.
Regardless of some ongoing protests, the police ensured that the work proceeded with out disruption, with steady monitoring by municipal officers, mentioned reviews. The Excessive Court docket has not supplied any aid to the protestors.
As half of a bigger initiative to make the stretch from Tis Hazari Court docket to Panchkuian Street signal-free, the municipal company constructed a flyover in 2018 over a 1.5 km stretch. This plan, accepted by UTTIPEC in 2019 and handed by the municipal physique in 2020, consists of the elimination of two main site visitors alerts at Eidgah and the Rani Jhansi roundabout.
A boundary wall is being constructed within the DDA park, and a triangular platform is being constructed to accommodate the relocated statue.
