The other side of Luz is sad soaked and dark
Baskar Seshadri
What a transformation is this? Decades back this luz junction was a free place with no traffic and was not dense. Even there were no shops on the pavements and it was even free to walk on the pavement close to Nehru News Mart. This was a Major Bus Route even those days with many routes plied through this Junction on all the four sides. interestingly the idea of One-way traffic did not catch up those days. Later when the commercial market developed in a bigger way this area had become congested in spite of the fact that the roads were too wider on all the sides. Most of the Prominent points vanished in late eighties which Includes Parthaas. Sawaan Restaurant, Shanthi VIhar, an elite club with bar, Ganapathi Medicals, and recently Bombay Halwa House few Years. Who can forget the mail van of Postal department that reaches Luz Amrutanjan at seven thirty sharp in the evening? Who can forget the crowded matinee Shows of Kamadhenu, Hot chai of Select and Chilled Juice of Himalayas?
Now the whole of Luz had changed totally in all aspects and after the roads are shut the area is now totally under the control of CMRL.
Two days ago, when i had been there i had a chat with Field staff of Metro Rail who told that the old Roundata Point and Police cabin area will be the Luz Metro Station. Three years or slightly more the reality will be happened. This station in its full form may be ready in 2028.
But for all these many residents, Commercial establishments in and around this area have lost their Livelihood Luz. How can this sufferings be compensated to all those. The other side of Luz is Dark and sad soaked.
