10-06-2007, 02:46 AM
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Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
Trans-Yamuna residents would continue to take a circuitous route through Ashram or Pragati Maidan to access the heart of the city. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the tunnel project connecting National Highway 24 to Lodhi Road bypassing<b> Humayun's Tomb and other monuments </b>be shelved for now.
The Congress president has advised the Delhi Government to stop thinking about the tunnel project. The direction comes following the request by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to intervene in the matter and direct the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to clear the prestigious project. Gandhi has expressed serious concern over the likely adverse impact of the proposed tunnel road in a letter to Dikshit that the project is not in sync with UNESCO guidelines and the opinions of environmentalists and heritage experts and so the Government should not pursue the project any further. The PMO had also raised objections to the project after which Dikshit shot off a letter to Gandhi and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last month seeking a green signal for the project.
The letter said: "It is advisable not to pursue the project further due to objections raised by environmentalists and heritage experts." The Delhi Government had proposed a Rs 560 crore tunnel from Ring Road to Lodhi Road, to reduce travelling time by six minutes when the participants are taken from the Games Village to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies .
Heritage experts and conservationists who were up in arms against the project contended that it would cause vibration in the area damaging Humayun Tomb and 13 other monuments. The tunnel road would weaken the base of the tomb and the vibrations caused during the digging of this tunnel would lead to structural damage to the <b>Mughal edifice</b>.
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For barbaric Muslim Invader tombs, they look for Hertiage and for Ram Setu they call for bogey economy or Science. Damn these p-sec of India. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
Trans-Yamuna residents would continue to take a circuitous route through Ashram or Pragati Maidan to access the heart of the city. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the tunnel project connecting National Highway 24 to Lodhi Road bypassing<b> Humayun's Tomb and other monuments </b>be shelved for now.
The Congress president has advised the Delhi Government to stop thinking about the tunnel project. The direction comes following the request by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to intervene in the matter and direct the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to clear the prestigious project. Gandhi has expressed serious concern over the likely adverse impact of the proposed tunnel road in a letter to Dikshit that the project is not in sync with UNESCO guidelines and the opinions of environmentalists and heritage experts and so the Government should not pursue the project any further. The PMO had also raised objections to the project after which Dikshit shot off a letter to Gandhi and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last month seeking a green signal for the project.
The letter said: "It is advisable not to pursue the project further due to objections raised by environmentalists and heritage experts." The Delhi Government had proposed a Rs 560 crore tunnel from Ring Road to Lodhi Road, to reduce travelling time by six minutes when the participants are taken from the Games Village to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies .
Heritage experts and conservationists who were up in arms against the project contended that it would cause vibration in the area damaging Humayun Tomb and 13 other monuments. The tunnel road would weaken the base of the tomb and the vibrations caused during the digging of this tunnel would lead to structural damage to the <b>Mughal edifice</b>.
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For barbaric Muslim Invader tombs, they look for Hertiage and for Ram Setu they call for bogey economy or Science. Damn these p-sec of India. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->