NMA green signal to Metro heritage line - Real Estate India

??|?? January 19, 2013 ?? 09:17am ??|Contributed by manoja

NEW DELHI: Its good news for Delhi Metro. After a nearly two year long wait, the controversial heritage corridor has finally been cleared by the apex heritage body, National Monuments Authority (NMA). While the clearance has not yet been officially conveyed to DMRC, top officials in NMA confirmed that the project has been cleared and Delhi Metro is free to start the delayed construction work on the line. The green signal however comes with riders like monitoring of the construction and its impact on neighbouring heritage structures by the ASI.

The heritage line is the extension of the Central Secretariat line to Kashmere Gate and will touch some of the most popular heritage structures in Delhi including Red Fort, Jama Masjid and Kashmere Gate. For the clearance from NMA, the Delhi Metro had gotten the line surveyed for heritage impact by the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA). ?Apart from the SPA report, a number of other reports like an earlier structural impact report, a GPRS survey and the recommendation of the competent authority Delhi were all taken into consideration before taking a final decision. Based on these, the heritage line has been cleared,? said member secretary Praveen Srivastava.

While approving the project, NMA has made it clear that the monuments that fall in the line should not be affected in any way. DMRC has been asked to assess the conservation condition of all the monuments in the line in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to be able to identify what kind of problems the monuments presently have.

DMRC will also be required to address these problems under the ASI?s supervision. ?We have also asked DMRC to make an assessment of potential archaeology in the zone. ASI is to be included in all such tasks and a committee is to be set up to monitor the work at every level,? said an NMA official.DMRC has also been directed to keep tabs on any kind of structural impact on monuments including acquiring specialized equipment to measure vibrations and other such affects during the construction stageA separate fund also has to be established by the Delhi Metro for promoting heritage awareness, development around protected monuments and undertake conservation projects.

?We have also told DMRC that an interpretation centre be built at some of the stations in this line so passengers are aware of the heritage line and its significance,? added an official.Former competent authority of Delhi Vijay Singh had recommended clearing the project over a year and a half back but the project still underwent numerous delays. As per the amended ASI Act of 2010, any project falling within 300m of centrally protected monuments has to be greenlighted by the NMA which was set up in December, 2010. But because it took nearly two years of its establishment for the culture minister to appoint a chairperson for the Authority, large public projects like the heritage corridor could not be cleared. Sources reported that a final verdict on NDMC?s multi level KG Marg parking project is also expected shortly.

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