The Restoration of Gurugram’s Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh

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For the health-conscious Gurugrammers who were forced to jog either on the roadside or on bumpy trails, here’s a reason to cheer — the Millennium City has just renewed its lease with life , with restoration of the Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh

Like every city, Gurugram had a neglected area, whose relevance was lost, as the urbanism engulfed it. However the Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh has undergone a miraculous transformation into a green corridor, throwing up the possibilities that still exist, if there is a will.

A Bundh is an Indian traditional flood control and groundwater recharging structure.

The Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh is a Linear Forest that cuts across the city with walking & cycling tracks. This rejuvenation plan promises to make the bundh an eco-mobility corridor for non-motorised road access and a wildlife forest corridor for the citizens of Gurgaon.

The film ‘The Upcycled Walkway’ captures the transformation of Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh into a thriving mobility corridor in the heart of modern Gurugram, India. The State, the Corporations, the Civil Society and the Citizens are all stakeholder to the creation, restoration and its preservation.

The Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh restoration was completed in three years from Jan 2016 to Dec 2018. It is an inclusive, non-motorized space, with native trees and shrubs planted all along.