The 12.5 kilometre Barapullah open sewage drain runs through the centre of New Delhi. MVRDV and CITYBLOB have made a plan to turn this heavily polluted drain into a clean and safe eco-boulevard that connects a multitude of Delhi’s historic treasures, hotels and metro stations via newly added slow traffic lanes. A closed underground sewage system will be added to the green backbone to separate the polluted water from the rain water. On ground floor level the extensive landscaped public spaces will facilitate sport, cultural and community activities and connect neignbourhoods from each side of the old drain.

The necessary infrastructure and new public space wil be financed by the profit on real estate development in the empty land in close proximity of the drain. As the average property price per square metre price is one of the highest in the world, the whole project can finance itself.

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