MCD sets aside Rs 1000 crore for parking lots

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com


The MCD said it has made a provision of Rs 1000 crore for development of car
parking lots in various parts of Delhi, with work on four
such sites starting from today.

Leader of the Opposition in Delhi assembly V K Malhotra laid the foundation stone of an underground multi-level parking
place in Hauz Khas. Three more such sites will come up in Munirka Market, Model Town-II and Gandhi Nagar.

"In 2007, 24 sites were identified for construction of underground multi-level car parking sites. In this series, the work of construction of four such parking sites will start today," Mayor Arti Mehra said at the ceremony.

The site at Hauz Khas will be constructed at a cost of Rs 35 crore and will have space for 360 cars, Mehra said.

She also said that in the next two years, the remaining 350 temporary municipal school buildings will be converted into permanent ones. She said a 15-day cleanliness drive will be launched in Delhi from March 1.

Malhotra hoped work on the parking lots would be completed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He appealed to citizens to come forward to serve as volunteers during the mega event.

Municipal Commissioner K S Mehra announced that conventional parking sites will be developed on roads which have been notified as commercial or mixed land use.

MCD has kept Rs 1000 crore for development of parkings, Standing Committee Chairman Vijender Gupta said.