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Those with a keen sense of history remember well the breathtaking view of the Capital the Qutub Minar in Mehrauli offers.

Access to the staircase and balconies of the historic monument was, however, blocked after many lives were lost in a stampede in the early ’ 80s.

Delhi as a city has come a long way, expanding at breakneck speed and now nearly contiguous with neighbouring Noida and Gurgaon. But a perch with a Capital view is conspicuous by its absence.

Not anymore. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi ( MCD) will throw open the roof of its upcoming 101- metre headquarters — Civic Centre.

For a princely sum of Rs 50, Delhiites and visitors can take in splendid views of the Yamuna snaking its way through the Capital, the hurly- burly of the Walled City nearby and, possibly, on a balmy day and through the thick smog, the distant Qutub itself.

What’s more, Bollywood producers are already queueing up to shoot their climactic sequences with shimmering Red Fort sandstone in the backdrop.

“ We went to the roof of the Civic Centre on a routine inspection.

Source : DELHISCOOP