Delhiwale: This way to the Lohe Wala Pul
Hindustan TimesAs part of our ‘Walled City dictionary’ series that explores the names of Old Delhi places. Lohe Wala Pul used to span upon a traffic light crossing on Netaji Subhash Marg. This is precisely the posthumous destiny of Lohe Wala Pul, the foot-over bridge of loha, or iron, that used to span upon a traffic light crossing on Netaji Subhash Marg. Their sounds — katar katar — will echo in the pul.” Meanwhile, the area might lose yet another longtime landmark — barber Baldev Raj’s pavement establishment at the foot of the non-existent bridge. In his 60s, the barber once told this reporter that “the Lohe Wala Pul was being built when I first arrived in Dilli.” While no material remains are left of the bridge, the fact that it did exist is intensely evoked by a corner building.
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