And, this is how MG Road will change...

And, this is how MG Road will change...
DHNS
For many families, Sunday evenings will no longer mean sitting on the steps of the boulevard with their time-pass (roasted peanuts) or ice-creams and bhel, watching the world go by.

Many Bangaloreans took a nostalgic walk down M G Road Boulevard, also referred to as the Promenade, last Sunday, the day the work on the first phase of the Metro Rail Work started here. Many have started taking photographs of the boulevard to treasure memories of happier times spent on this walkway.

There have been protests galore almost every day since last Sunday, but the machinery for excavating the work has been rumbling digging out the earth on the boulevard.

If work goes according to plan, the boulevard is expected to be dismantled in phases and will be completely razed to the ground by October. Initially, parking on MG Road was to have been banned almost immediately, but there’s some respite again. Only in the later phase of work on the Metro Rail project, will parking restrictions come into place, it is learnt.

In recent times people have had pleasant memories of the boulevard being used as a part of the Bangalore Habba with its colourful stalls. For many families, Sunday evenings will no longer mean sitting on the steps of the boulevard with their time-pass (roasted peanuts) or ice-creams and bhel, watching the world go by.