'Rajpath' erased from signages mounted around India Gate hexagon

The old name of New Delhi's ceremonial boulevard -- Rajpath -- has been scraped off the signages mounted around the periphery of the India Gate hexagon, after its rechristening to 'Kartavya Path'.

The move comes after the area's civic body recently issued a notice approving the renaming of the historic road at its special meeting on September 7.

Signages around the India Gate hexagon are mounted on stainless steel-made unipoles with horizontal plates bearing white text on green background.

Late Friday night, one of the signages with three green plates bore name of two streets -- Sher Shah Suri Marg and Dr Zakir Hussain Marg -- while 'Rajpath' inscribed earlier in the top plate could be seen scraped off, as also from other signages that bore the old name.

Sources in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) said the erasure of 'Rajpath' from signages were being taken up by authorities working on the redevelopment project after the official nod to the rechristening. It will be replaced