'Urban Square' new hangout on MG Road

‘Urban Square’, a beauty space adjacent to the MG Road Metro Station, complete with a cascading waterfall and landscaping with rare variety of flowers, was inaugurated on Wednesday.

“This space — near the MG Road-Brigade Road junction — is our first step in restoring the lost glory of MG Road. People can sit and relax here in the backdrop of a waterfall and decorative lights.

In the coming days, facilities will be created to arrange laser shows in the evenings,” said Sivasailam, managing director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, after inaugurating Urban Square.

“A boulevard on the other side of the station will add beauty to the road. It will take a maximum of two months to complete the work.

It just means that a multifacility, nature-friedly corridor will be opened for the use of Bangaloreans,” he added.

While the area of Urban Square is 850 square metres, there are ficus trees lined up above the waterfall which runs from Kamaraj  Road along MG Road to form a screen.

Floral beauty

“One of the highlights of the space is the Mondovilla flower arrangement, which is a Mexico variety and new to Bangalore. The flower in white, pink and scarlet red will be in bloom throughout the year,”  he said.

M Nagaraja, deputy director of Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL), contractors for the Urban Square, said the Rs 82-lakh project was completed in less than five months.

Filtration room for the fountain, rainwater harvesting, tiled walkway for public movement are the added features, he said.