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The issue concerns renaming the road in front of the Bhutan embassy to commemorate 100 years of the Wangchuk dynasty, a request from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). But the civic agency says the road cannot be renamed since it is named after Chandragupta. Result: an idea-blockade that has led the civic body into a stretch-hunting trip.
With Bhutan gearing up for coronation of its fifth king from Wangchuk dynasty, the MEA had earlier sent a request to name the road running as ‘Wangchuk Centenary Marg’.
The civic body has now identified a 210-metre segment of the road that bends along a park before leading on to Singapore and Nigeria embassies. The problem, an NDMC official said, is it’s “rather odd” to name a stretch in front of Singapore or Nigeria embassy after the king of another country. “Other embassies might object to it,” the official said.
The agency has now written back to the ministry, with a rider: “consider guidelines before making such requests”.
“We usually refrain from changing names of roads because they are part of public memory and can cause inconvenience,” the NDMC official said. As per 1975 guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs, no authority can rename a road — a road can be renamed only after special recommendations from the MHA.
That aside, officials said, there are not any roads left unnamed in New Delhi area. “Most roads have been named; we don’t have a record of how and when they were named, but there are hardly any roads left to name after anyone.”
Last year, too, NDMC was put in a spot following an MEA request: to name one of the crossroads in the area after Ahmad Shah Massoud, the late Afghan war hero. After much juggling, the ministry had to finally make do with a stretch near Norway embassy named after Massoud.
Foreign heroes aside, the civic body is also battling with local NGOs’ requests to rename Panchkuian Road after B R Ambedkar, and Talkatora Road after Baba Omkar Marg — an appeal from Delhi Congress president Jai Prakash Aggarwal. NDMC had recently rejected a request to name North Avenue after former president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
Incidentally, the municipal body has no historian or expert in its panel to decide on naming of roads. The requests are put forth to the council panel, headed by the NDMC chairperson, and approved if found appropriate. The approved name is then forwarded to the State Names Authority headed by the chief minister.
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RatingWhy not rename Aurangzeb Road to Wangchuk Road ? After all Wanchuk is friend of Hindus but Auranzeb killed, humiliated and converted Hindus.
very good suggestion but even loud mouths bjp ADVANI didnot do that- indian politicos all scumbgs inc.
excellent article focussing on sheer hypocricy of indian politicos self serving their own fangled personal political interests in RAODS NAMING POLITICAL SCAMS completely ignoring the main issue of roadnames being very important for people to remember for travel location positioning- of course -we can expect PM MMSINGH to play his dirty politics- CHANDRAGUPTA -WAS THE GREATFATHER OF ASHOKA- WITH CHANAKYA AS HIS MENTOR AND PM- CHANAKYA NITI BEING MOST RELEVANT TO INDIA TODAY ESPECIALLY IN TERRORISTS RIDDEN INDIA TODAY- CHANDRAGUPTA WAS A AAM BOY WHOSE TEENAGE VOLUNTEERS ARMY DEFEATED THE ALLMIGHTY FOREIGN INVADERS SOCALLED ALEXANDER THE GREAT -SIKANDER-WHO BUTCHERED AAM INDIANS AFTER PROMISING THEM SAFE CONDUCT- chandragupta was offered marriage to his daughter by alexanders commanderinchief -SALUCAS- and chandra gupta did marry salucas greek daughter- hence similarity in greek language with sanskarit- but lessons of indian history are lost on yanka singh PM MMSINGH..thankyou EI.
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