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Site & Challenges

Site Context
• The 5.2 km long canal and bundh runs north-south parallel
to the ridge.

• Historically, an integral part of the storm-water system,
the Wazirabad nullah worked as an irrigation canal feeding
agricultural land.

• The Bundh, an earthen check dam, extending from Ph-I
metro station to Tau Devilal Park, was initially used
by domestic help and labourers as a regular commute
corridor
• The continuity of the Bundh is disrupted by three main
east-west roads, connecting to the Golf Course road.

Site Use

• The Bundh was used by domestic help and daily wage
workers to commute from nearby slums to work places
in the affluent residential neighbourhoods in DLF and
Sushant Lok.
• The forest corridor, which served as a cross-connection
within the city, bypassing the busy vehicular roads,
offered a fairly challenging commute corridor both for
pedestrians and cyclists.

The Site Was In A Sad State Of Misuse.

• Was a solid waste dumping ground.
• Full of invasive thorny kikad vegetation.

• Had areas of open defecation.

State of the Site Before Implementation

ECO-RESTORATION: CHAKKARPUR-WAZIRABAD BUNDH, GURUGRAM

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