Vrindavan

Vrindavan, situated on the banks of river Yamuna, has been a center for spiritual learning for hundreds of years. Legends of Krishna and Vrindavan’s historic past are stamped on the thousands of temples here and has people coming from all over the world. The EcoCity Project area in Vrindavan includes the old part of the town covering tourist/religious places including surroundings of Ranganathji Temple and Sri Banke Bihari Temple, river front of Yamuna, commercial areas and old residential areas. The project area, at the start of the Ecocity Project, had a number of problems related to environmental quality, traffic & transportation, sewerage & drainage and solid waste management.

The main results expected to be achieved from the EcoCity Project are:

• Improved sanitary conditions including solid waste management and drainage system
• Improved traffic & transportation system including pilgrim/tourist friendly routes
• Improved religious/tourism function in the area
• Improved environmental quality
• Trained manpower in the Vrindavan Nagar Palika Parishad on the issues related to urban management including waste management and waste water management.

An “EcoCity Development Plan” has been prepared for the identified project area though the GTZ Consultants (Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT, Kharagpur). A number of project interventions, such as the following, are proposed for implementation:

• Redevelopment of Parikrama Marg
• Improvement around Banke Bihari temple
• Restoration/redevelopment of Gandhi Park
• Improvement along the roads starting from Vrindavan Nagarpalika via Rangnathji Temple to Banke Bihari Temple including road surface improvement, storm water drainage, parking, street lighting, signage etc.

The above projects are at various stages of planning and designing.



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