new delhi the delhi tourism and transportation development corporation dttdc is planning to use the area below several of the citys flyovers to build shopping plazas the corporation plans to convert them into what it calls a neighbourhood cultural centrethese underpasses are currently a hangout for antisocial elements tramps vagabonds and junkiesthe dttdc will soon begin work on the raja garden flyover the second longest in delhi said romesh sabarwal chairman of the corporationthe entire three acre area will be leased out to a coffee shop book shop public library cyber cafe florist public call booth beer shop tourist reception counter food courts and a post each for the traffic police and the delhi policethere will be be an artwalk an amphitheatre and rainwater harvesting features as well the traffic will be allowed to pass under the flyover through ramps said dttdc chief executive officer rajeev talwar this is a first of its kind we will extend the concept to other flyovers depending upon the feasibility he saidcurrently the space under the defence colony flyover has been utilised to develop small shops fast food joints and restaurantswe have tried to implement this concept on a smaller scale at the peeragarhi flyover in northwest delhi we have built a small amphitheatre there the one at raja garden will be on a much larger scale as we have more space sabbarwal saiddttdc owns flyovers at loni road iit chiragh dilli raja garden and peeragarhi it is also building a flyover at sriniwaspuri which is 12 km long the construction of these flyovers have been funded by dttdc the proposal for developing other flyovers under us will be submitted to the delhi tourism board soon he saidthe development of the peeragarhi flyover cost about rs 50 lakh while the one at raja garden is expected to cost over rs 2 crore