Waste-to-art: Delhi LG, CM jointly inaugurate ‘Shaheedi Park’

The redeveloped ‘Shaheedi Park’ in the national capital, which showcases scrap-made sculptures of various freedom fighters, was jointly inaugurated by Delhi LG V K Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday.
The inauguration ceremony took place amid strains of patriotic songs like ‘Mera Rang de Basanti Chola’.
The revamped park has been developed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which said on Twitter, that it will be opened to the public from August 9. The MCD has claimed that this is “India’s first outdoor museum park”.
“Narrating the saga of the fighters who died in the wars of India’s independence and the wars that followed, the Corporation’s Shaheedi Park creates a mesmerising sight with its artefacts and colourful lights. Let us be here to witness the sacrifices made by the builders of golden India,” the MCD posted tweeted on Tuesday.
The civic body also shared some aerial views of the revamped park.
Spread over 4.5 acres, the park will serve as an iconic recreational space, narrating the glorious past of India through reliefs, figures, and sculptures symbolising notable time spans in India’s history, as well as various cultures and heroes, officials said.
The park, originally built about 20 years ago, comprises a wide variety of attractions that showcase the rich historical and cultural heritage of India.
It houses beautiful motifs and art installations that commemorate important events, prominent individuals, and historical periods that shaped our country, a civic official said.
It has been developed in the ITO area under the ‘waste-to-art’ initiative of the MCD.