After Shimla, Manali, Kasauli and Solan, Kullu will have its own mall road in a few months as nearly one-kilometer stretch of the city will be developed as a happening area to chill out for locals and to attract tourists.
Like most of the towns and cities of Himachal, Kullu is becoming congested with growing population. The old markets are already crowded with no space for people to sit or stand. The moving traffic makes it difficult for people to enjoy the shopping. Also, the increasing tourist movement in the city requires authorities to develop new attractions for them. Sources said officials are mulling to develop a mall road in the city on the lines of Manali. The highway between Dhalpur chowk and college chowk has been identified for the purpose under Amrut scheme.
Sources said officials are mulling to develop a mall road in the city on the lines of Manali. The highway between Dhalpur chowk and college chowk has been identified for the purpose under Amrut scheme.
The administration, with help of Kullu municipal council (MC), PWD and other departments will beautify the identified area which shall be made no traffic zone so that people could enjoy strolling around the road freely. The area will have proper flooring, illumination, LCDs, CCTV cameras and much more. Sources said the officials may think about developing makeshift shopping malls in the future. They had to cut nearly ten large trees – both dry and green for the ongoing development works. The MC members say cutting these huge trees was mandatory for safety reasons as their branches fall on the highway so often after rain and high-speed winds.
“We shall beautify the area after growing new saplings here. Many trees had dried up. Frequent collapsing of the branches was posing threat to the moving traffic and people walking underneath. Also, it was causing the snapping of the power cables. Many more beautiful trees will be planted here,” one of the MC members Shalini Rai Bhardwaj said.
Himachal has been famous for its mall roads ever since its first mall road was developed in Shimla by the British. Mall roads of Manali and Solan are the latest ones. The mall roads have become main tourist attractions where both tourists and locals throng in the evening time. While some mall roads like in Shimla and Manali have been made completely traffic-free zones, mall road of Solan becomes no traffic zone in the evening time.
Kullu Mall Road
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