INTRODUCTION

• BUILT IN 1980,BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE IS ONE OF NEW

DELHI’S DISTRICT CENTRES FOLLOWING THE 1960
MASTER PLAN OF THE CITY.THE 35 ACRE AREA
INCLUDES COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT
OFICES,SMALL AND MID SIZED RETAILERS,HOTELS AND
OTHER FUNCTIONS

• NAMED AFTER GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER BHIKAJI

CAMA AND DESIGNED BY RAJ REWAL.

• LOCATED IN SOUTH DELHI AND WELL CONNECTED TO

RING ROAD

• THE LOCATION OF THE SITE AND ITS LEVEL OF

CONNECTIVITY WITH MAJOR TRANSPORT HUBS MAKES
IT AN IDEAL ZONE FOR A BUSINESS AND CULTURAL
HUB FOR DELHI,
 ISSUES PREVAILING AROUND THE COMPLEX

• EVEN THOUGH THE DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN RENOVATING

THE BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS, THIS COMMERCIAL COMPLEX
HAS RETURNED AGAIN TO A STATE OF NEGLECT AND FILTH.

• THE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY SVAYAM - NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE

ENVIRONMENTS - HAS TAKEN A CLOSE LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE
LACK OF IT IN THE COMPLEX WHICH HAD COME UP IN 1980 ON THE BASIS OF
THE MASTER PLAN OF DELHI 1960.

• “ UTTER DISDAIN FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY AND LACK OF MAINTAINENCE” & IS IN

SHAMBLES.

1. THE RECENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLYOVERS HAS RESULTED IN THE

ILLOGICAL STRUCTURES OF BUS STOPS THAT ARE LOCATED JUST AFTER THE
FLYOVER AND CAUSES A DANGEROUS JUNCTION FOR PEDESTRIANS.

THE BUSES MAY COME AND STOP IN FRONT OF THE MARKED AREA WHICH
MAKES THESE JUNCTIONS A DEATH TRAP.

2. SOME OTHER ISSUES INCLUDE – EARLY WATER LOGGING INSIDE THE METRO
STATION WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED THIS PAST YEAR.

EVEN BEFORE THE INAUGURATION, THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES OF WATER

LOGGING OF METRO STATION AND ROADS FILLED WITH DIRTY WATER.

3. IMPROPER PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, OVERFLOWING SEWERS, ENROACHED

PARKING SPACES, ARE SOME OTHER PREVAILING ISSUES IN THE COMPLEX.
PEDESTRIANS FORCED TO WALK ON ROADS
• PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS ON ARTERIAL ROADS DO NOT PROVIDE SAFE UNIFORM ACCESS
FROM RING ROAD; FROM BHIKAJI BUS SHELTER NEAR GAIL BUILDING, THERE IS NO
KERB CUT AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY IS TOO HIGH,” THE SURVEY NOTES ADDING
THAT “DUE TO KERB HEIGHT THE ELDERLY ARE FORCED TO WALK ON ROAD
ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES.”
• LEVEL DIFFERENCES, UNSUALLY HIGH WITH NO KERB CUTS HINDER WITH EASY
MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS.

ONE-FOOT PATHWAYS
• CARS, VEHICLES PARK ON THE LIMITED PATHWAYS AND BLOCK ALL PASSAGES, RAMPS.
• THE COMMERCIAL EXPENDIENCY HAS LED TO SHRINKAGE OF PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS
TO MERE 300MM, WHICH DOESN’T LET EVEN ONE PERSON TO WALK EASILY.
• THIS CAUSES HAVOC AND FORCES THE PEDESTRIANS TO WALK ON THE ROADS.
 OVERFLOWING SEWER WATER
• THE ROADS OVERFLOWING WITH SEWER WATER
MAKING WALKING NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE AS NEAR
A RAMP CLOSE TO ANSAL CHAMBER I.
• IT ALSO NOTED THAT SEVERAL RAMPS THAT
WERE PROVIDED DURING THE 2005 RE-
DESIGNING EXERCISE HAVE BEEN RENDERED
USELESS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
OVER FLOWING SEWAGE
AND RAMPS ARE NOT
ACCESIBLE
TOILET THAT WAS NEVER USED
• EVEN WITH RESPECT TO THE LONE FREE PUBLIC
TOILET IN THE COMPLEX WHICH HAS AN
ACCESSIBLE UNIT
• THE STEEP RAMP AND SMALL DOOR MAKES IT
INACCESSIBLE, THOUGH IT DISPLAYS AN
ACCESSIBILITY SIGN
• ACCESSIBLE TOILET UNIT LOCKED AND ON
OPENING IT FOUND THAT IT WAS NEVER PUT TO
USE FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED.
SMALL DOOR AND STEEP
RAMP
 ENTRANCE TO ACCESSIBLE PARKING
ENCROACHED
• THE BARRIER-FREE ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMPLEX HAS
ALSO BEEN COMPROMISED BY THE MANNER IN WHICH
THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING WHICH WAS MADE AT THE
RAMPED ENTRANCE FROM ANSAL CHAMBER – I SIDE HAS
BEEN ENCROACHED

GARBAGE DISPOSED IN FRONT OF

• THERE WAS NO AISLE SPACE FOR THE WHEELCHAIR USERS ANSAL CHAMBER
TO DISEMBARK AND WALK/WHEEL THROUGH THE
PARKED VEHICLES TO THE RAMP. THE ENTRY TO THE
RAMP IS BLOCKED BY PARKED CARS. ONE WOULD
OTHERWISE GET DISCOURAGED BY THE UNHYGIENIC
PASSAGE LEADING TO RAMP.

• IT WAS ALSO REVEALED THAT THE RAMPS HAVE BECOME

GARBAGE DUMPING PLACES DUE TO BLOCKAGE
PARKING IN FRONT OF RAMP

AN ARTICLE FROM TIME OF

INDIA: TALKING ABOUT THE DDA
COMPLEXES WHICH ARE IN THEIR
WORST CONDITION.
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● PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY- BY PROVIDING PATHWAYS OR
WALKWAYS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO BE ABLE TO WALK
FREELY AND CROSS MAIN ROADS EASILY

● PARKING SPACES- BY PROVIDING OPEN, APPROACHABLE

PARKING AREAS

● PROPER SIGNAGE- BY PROVIDING SIGNS OR BOARDS

INDICATING ENTRANCES AND EXITS IN THE ENTIRE AREA

● OVERFLOWING SEWER WATER- BY PROVIDING PROPER

SEWAGE DISCHARGE PIPES AND PROPER MAINTENANCE

● GARBAGE DISPOSAL- BY PROVIDING DUMPING AREAS

SEPARATED FROM THE PUBLIC AREAS TO AVOID
POLLUTION AND MISUSE OF OPEN SPACES

● ACCESS OF ENTRANCES- BY PROVIDING SUITABLE STAIRS

AND HANDRAILS AT ENTRANCES AND PROPER SIGNAGE

● TOILETS- BY PROVIDING CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED

PUBLIC TOILETS
 IMPROVEMENTS

BETTER SIGNAGE