Proposed flyover plant bent to stay clear of Khuda Bakhsh library

The heritage portion of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library (KBOPL) will not be bulldozed to pave the way for construction of a 2.20-km-long double-decker road from Kargil Chowk to National Institute of Technology (NIT) More over the congested Ashok Rajpath.

The width of the proposed road would be slightly reduced near the library to save one of its heritage structures, George Curzon reading hall, from demolition. A portion of the reading hall of KBOPL, which a repository of ancient manuscripts, books and paintings, was earlier planned to be razed for the unique double-decker road being built by the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirmal Nigam Limited (BRPNNL).