NDMC plans to add colours to subway

NEW DELHI: T he New Delhi Municipal Council in partnership with Delhi Street Art will add a dash of colour and creativity to the walls of the Sansad Marg pedestrian

NEW DELHI: T he New Delhi Municipal Council in partnership with Delhi Street Art will add a dash of colour and creativity to the walls of the Sansad Marg pedestrian subway in Connaught Place.

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In order to encourage more pedestrians to start using the subways in the heart of New Delhi, NDMC and the Delhi Street Art conceived the idea to turn these public spaces into avenues of creative expression.

It has been decided to star t with the Sansad Bhawan subway and create art works on yoga.

“Artists from Delhi Street Art designed and created a series of wall art panels depicting various yoga postures. Each yoga posture has been created in the backdrop of a Delhi landmark or a historical monument. The selection of yoga poses was based on the Common Yoga Principles outlined by the Ayush Ministry,” a senior NDMC official said.

According to the official, even though there are several public underground subways in Central Delhi, most people choose to not use them.

“People often don’t want to make the extra effort of taking a few steps down and up, even for their own safety. We want to bring more colour to these spaces so more people are attracted towards using them,” he said, adding that all these art works were earlier exhibited as part of the International Yoga Day celebrations in Connaught Place.