New Delhi: The streets in and round Connaught Place will as soon as once more be abuzz with individuals grooving to music and collaborating in Zumba, yoga classes, and different leisure actions as Raahgiri Day is ready to return on Sunday, after a three-year COVID-19-induced hole. In an announcement, the New Delhi Municipal Council mentioned it was relaunching Raahgiri Day at Connaught Place from Sunday beneath the theme of G20 for creating sustainable and habitable cities, with a give attention to sustainable mobility.
The G20 theme is a name for motion to create sustainable and safer cities, and Raahgiri Day aligns completely with this objective, the civic physique mentioned. “NDMC is organizing the event of Raahgiri in partnership with Delhi Police, supported by the Raahgiri Foundation and Sustainable Mobility Network as the knowledge partners. Nagarro will be the CSR partner for the event,” the assertion mentioned.
During the occasion, the streets of Connaught Place might be remodeled right into a car-free zone, permitting residents to take part in a spread of actions, together with yoga courses, Zumba, sports activities zones, video games, music, dance, and even instructional applications, on completely different points reminiscent of highway security, walkability, and ladies security.
Raahgiri Day is an idea that started in 2013. It is an initiative that advocates protected, accessible, and inclusive public streets whereby individuals can stroll to close by markets and youngsters can stroll to close by colleges, safely.
“It is a rare sight to be able to see children playing on the street nowadays, owing to our streets not being children- or even people-friendly,” an NDMC official mentioned.
“Raahgiri Day is a way to experientially show people that streets are not just made for cars, by reclaiming our streets and using them for community leisure activities. It is a day that inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent the street as a public space and as the heart of every community,” he added.
