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Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:58:12 +0530
PWD’s tunnel road gets thumbs down from experts
Proposal to link NH-24 to JN Stadium
Neha Sinha
New Delhi, May 22: A group of eminent conservationists, including those
from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and INTACH, have
unanimously turned down PWD’s proposal to build a tunnel road linking
NH-24 to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which will be the site for the
opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Games.
Contending that the Lodi Road area, (especially the UNESCO World
Heritage Monument, the Humayun’s Tomb) near the stadium is a heritage
zone, the group has said the tunnel road would be a disaster. Sunder
Nursery on Lodi Road, which houses monuments framing the Humayun’s Tomb,
was also to be affected by the road.
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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=237547