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From the analysis, both from literature and on-site, some<br />

strategies were developed. The thoughts behind these<br />

strategies were to divert heavy freight traffic away from this<br />

are which has not the morphology to deal with this traffic.<br />

By relocang Old <strong>Delhi</strong> train staon you can develop one<br />

mul-modal hub for the exchange of people from train to<br />

metro to bus to taxi to bike etc. This would create space for<br />

redevelopment of this site for a truly pedestrian area with a<br />

pedestrian programme, well connected and walkable from the<br />

new mulmodal staon. The revenue from this development<br />

could be used for cleaning the river and creang an aracve<br />

urban waterfront on the Yamuna.<br />

‘Kashmere Gate (...) defies the break-up of <strong>Delhi</strong> into the ‘Old’<br />

and the ‘New’. Though at first glance it seems just a chaoc<br />

car parts bazaar and a monumentally busy thoroughfare, this<br />

has been and is a very significant gateway between the <strong>Delhi</strong>’s<br />

of varying vintages.’<br />

(from hp://www.indianexpress.com/news/kashmere-gate/891958/, Seema Chish :<br />

Mon Dec 26 2011, 03:52 hrs)<br />

impression of a possible future for<br />

Kashmere Gate<br />

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