BSP Rajasthan executive suspended
The MMP also aims to ensure that 60% of the city’s population will live within 500 metres of a transit line.
Most notably, however, the draft MMP also includes a plan to develop model streets under a corridor development plan under its long-term objective, with the aim to “reconcile the city’s conflicting needs of mobility and liveability.”
“Private motor vehicle ownership has made streets the domain of traffic, whereas there are many social and economic activities that have traditionally taken place on streets, which need to be accounted for at the planning stage,” said Sewa Ram, professor of transport planning at SPA.
The MMP also mentions that Gurugram’s streets are “functioning less as social gathering spaces and market areas, and more as conduits for an ever-increasing volume of traffic.”
The corridor development plan of the MMP, SPA officials said, aims at changing this paradigm and turning streets into safe and accessible public spaces.
“Streets are not just places to commute, they are also places to be, to enjoy recreational activities, meet people and earn a living. This is something that city planners sometimes forget,” a senior professor of urban planning at SPA said.
To implement this plan, the SPA has proposed nine intervenJAIPUR: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati suspended the Rajasthan state executive on Monday, a day after party meeting in Jaipur turned violent, according to an order issued by state in-charge Bhagwan Singh Baba.
National coordinator Ramji Gautam and former Rajya Sabha member Munquad Ali will look after the party affairs in Rajasthan until a new executive is formed, the order added.
The executive met at BSP state office on Sunday to review the developments in the wake of six of its legislators joining the Congress last week.
The meeting turned violent and some workers got injured, Baba said. He said some workers of the party, who were expelled for anti-party activities, created nuisance in the meeting.
RAMJI GAUTAM AND MUNQUAD ALI WILL LOOK AFTER THE PARTY AFFAIRS IN RAJASTHAN UNTIL A NEW EXECUTIVE IS FORMED, A PARTY ORDER STATED.
tions, including pedestrian walkways, traffic calming measures, cycling infrastructure and increasing the number of median openings for easy pedestrian access on all streets within the Gurugram-manesar Urban Complex area.
Moreover, the draft proposes three corridors where such model street pilots will be implemented — a 6.6 kilometre stretch between Huda City Centre and Subash Chowk, the 5km stretch of Golf Course Extension Road, and the 5.7km stretch between Huda City Centre and Rajesh Pilot Chowk.
GMDA o f f i c i al s di d not respond to requests for comment on Sunday.