New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The Delhi government has come up with an ambitious plan to repurpose the defunct Rajghat Power Station as a major public leisure complex, which would include turning its turbine halls into everything from open-air concert venues to modular open-air plazas and multilevel rooftop cafes to weekly night markets hosting local artisans, officials said on Monday.

The power department has taken inspiration from a similar project in London, United Kingdom, extensively studying the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station. More than 40 years after it was decommissioned, the coal-fired power station, located on the bank of the River Thames, was redeveloped into a mixed-use district and reopened in October 2022. The project...