MCD invites tenders for 220 parkings

Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010



In an effort to ease the parking woes of Delhi, the MCD has invited tenders for allotment of 220 authorized car or scooter parkings in the city. The civic body has brought out a public notice seeking tenders for allotment of the parking places on `as is where is' basis on license fee duration of two years. A majority of these sites are PWD roads where parking facility is being operated without any authorization, said Aamiya Chandra, head of the MCD remunerative project cell.

"Of the 220, re-tendering is being done for 40 parking sites. The licence of some of them has expired and in some cases the licensees have surrendered the sites. But a majority of the parking sites are unauthorized ones operating alongside PWD roads. There is a legitimate need for parking space at these locations and the motive here is to regularize the existing facilities through a proper channel and earn revenue,'' Chandra said. He added that traffic police has given clearance on some of these sites and for the rest talks are on with the authorities concerned. "Tenders will be withdrawn in cases where the approval is not granted for any particular project,'' said a MCD official.

The last date for submitting the tenders is October 7 and they will be opened the same day which means the new sites will be coming up only after the Commonwealth Games.

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