MCD parking at slaughterhouse site

Tuesday, Nov 09, 2010



The Idgah slaughterhouse will be used as a parking site from next week. Seeing the shortage of parking space in nearby areas of Paharganj and Sadar Bazaar, MCD has decided to use this space as a surface parking site for the time being. The civic agency plans to construct an underground multi-level parking site and a commercial complex on this land at a later stage.

According to MCD, around 1,500 vehicles can be parked on the nine-acre land at Idgah. Said leader of House, Subhash Arya: ''We have broken down structures that existed on the land earlier. A boundary wall is being created and we are levelling the surface so that vehicles can be parked there easily. The parking lot should be functional by next week.''

The plan of creating an underground multi-level parking lot and a commercial complex — such as a mall — is still at the proposal stage. ''We are working out the details of the final plan. Since the land was lying unutilized, we decided to allow surface parking for right now as there is a major shortage of available parking space in the surrounding areas,'' added Arya. Officials said that since Idgah is located near Paharganj and Sadar Bazaar, it will help decongest both these areas once parking starts there.

''We could make a mall there and earn good revenue by either selling or renting out commercial space. A multi-level parking site could also be constructed underground as there is no parking lot in the area. We are looking into all these options and a detailed report has to be made on this matter.'' The Idgah slaughterhouse was shut down in October 2009 and all the butchers were made to shift to the modern Ghazipur slaughterhouse.

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