CP to have 13 parking spots, NDMC awards tenders

Thursday , June 25, 2009
source:http://www.indianexpress.com

Parking woes in Connaught Place are set to ease as the New Delhi Municipal Council has awarded new tenders for thirteen parking spots across the Inner, Outer and Middle circles. Motorists in CP will be able to park their vehicles at these authorised spots from Friday onwards. According to the new tender details, the civic body has kept less than one-third of the area for storing construction material, required for the ongoing restoration work of the heritage area.

The NDMC has released around 12,000 square feet of area, which can accommodate around 1,700 vehicles. Estate department officials also said as and when the restoration work is completed in each block, that space will be tendered and made available for parking. "The restoration has to be completed on time and till then some space will be required to store construction material etc," an official said.

The move follows extensive calls for action by traders as well as shoppers visiting the area in the past few weeks. As the restoration work began in the A-Block and E-Block in CP, earlier this month, NDMC had closed parking lots near the two blocks for storing construction material and security reasons. The civic body also decided against re -tendering parking lots in Inner, Outer and Middle circles earlier this month for the same reason.

"Earlier we had thought of shutting down parking lots at Outer and Middle circles to keep construction material. The traders requested us to make some amendments at a meeting so, we will use alternative space at the corners of each block for the purpose," said an NDMC official.