Multi-level parking to come up in West Delhi

Tuesday , Feb 23, 2010

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is all set to begin work on a multi-level parking lot in Pitampura, West Delhi. BJP leader and the Leader of Opposition, Delhi Legislative Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, laid the foundation stone for the parking lot on Monday.

To be constructed at a cost of Rs 25 crore, the parking lot will ease traffic chaos due to unauthorised parking, said Corporation officials.

The three-level parking lot will be developed across an area of approximately 2,143 square metres. The MCD will also "beautify" and develop a "green area" on the top-most level of the parking lot, in accordance with the Masterplan of Delhi-2021.

The project is part of around 20 multi-level parking lots the civic body plans to construct this year.

Earlier last month, the MCD had received a sum of Rs 469.80 crore from the Ministry of Urban Development under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission to fund the several multi-level automated parking lots proposed by it. Other multi-level parking lots will come up in areas like Shalimar Bagh, Ashok Vihar, Mohammedpur Village, Malviya Nagar, PVR Basant Lok, PVR Saket and Rajouri Garden.

Also present at the occasion was MCD Standing Committee chairperson Ram Krishan Singhal. Singhal said the Corporation would undertake around 22 such multi-level parking projects to tackle parking problems in the city. He, however, added that most often, such projects get delayed because the Corporation needs to approach multiple agencies for necessary clearances and approvals, which is a "time- taking affair."

Original news source http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Multi-level-parking-to-come-up-in-West-Delhi/583017/