Park-&-ride facility opened at Safdarjung

Sunday, Sep 26, 2010



The park-and-ride facility at the Safdarjung Airport was inaugurated on Saturday. It has been developed for parking of vehicles of delegates and officials headed towards the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium  during the Games. While chief minister Sheila Dikshit was scheduled to inaugurate the facility and three foot-overbridges all projects of New Delhi Municipal Council she did not turn up due to her engagements at the Games Village.

The park-and-ride facility will provide a total parking area of 1,70,000sqm and will accommodate 3000 cars, 6000 two-wheelers and 450 buses. "The project, which was completed in a period of 10 months, also includes public information centre, security chambers, separate waiting hall for public and crew, frisking hall and public convenience units. Close-circuit TVs and security equipment have also been installed by ECIL,'' said an NDMC official.

Meanwhile, in the absence of Dikshit and NDMC chairman Parimal Rai who was also at the Village NDMC vice-chairperson Tajdar Babbar and other NDMC members unveiled the four projects.

The three foot-overbridges at Mother Teresa Crescent, Africa Avenue and Park Street in front of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital were also inaugurated. "The design of FOB on Mother Teresa Crescent has been kept simple in view of its proximity to the Presidential Estate. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 4.65 crore and has both escalators and staircases,'' an official said. The FOB is situated near Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatic Stadium which will hold the swimming events of the Games.

According to NDMC, the FOB on Park Street is the first of its kind in Delhi which has got escalators, lifts and staircase. It has been completed in 10 months at a cost of Rs 5.62 crore and is located near Talkatora Indoor Stadium. The FOB at Africa Avenue has been built at a cost of Rs 4.34 crore and is situated near Sarojini Nagar bus depot.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi also unveiled its FOB located at Bhishm Pitamah Marg. Leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, inaugurated it.

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