Monday, January 12, 2009
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In preparation for a Commonwealth Games-related parking project, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi carried out demolitions of slum
clusters along a drain behind J N Stadium on Saturday. The project costs an estimated Rs 325 crore.
The drain and the land around it will be used for a parking site, an MCD official informed. "The drain is 1km in length by 65 metres in width. This will be covered and cleared land along it will also be used for parking,'' said an official.
The demolition began at 11.30am and continued till 5pm. Officials said around 500-600 slums were cleared and 200-300 more would be demolished on Monday. "Many of the slum units were pucca structures and hence it took us time to pull them down,'' an official from MCD's south zone said.
Another MCD official said there was no resistance from the slum dwellers and it was not the responsibility of the civic agency to relocate the encroachers.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Parking projects hit by meltdown
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has raised fears that the economic downturn may take its toll on important infrastructure
projects like creating more parking space in the city in view of the Commonwealth Games 2010.
During a discussion at an MCD standing committee meeting on the delay in implementation of parking projects, municipal commissioner K S Mehra said there are apprehensions that the meltdown may lead to lack of response from private agencies to the projects to be taken up on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
"Most infrastructure projects in Delhi are awarded to private firms for development on BOT basis after inviting tenders from them. The civic body may go for liberalising its tender policy to attract private firms who would otherwise be hesitant to come forward due to economic reasons,'' said Mehra. The MCD is planning to set up a panel to study if the economic turmoil will hit the infrastructure projects and revise its tender policy if necessary.
The civic agency would be relaxing some of the norms for the tender process to make sure companies with greater turnovers are selected for infrastructure projects, including constructing the 24 conventional parking projects.
Said leader of opposition J K Sharma: "In such a situation, none of the parking projects will be completed in time. Whether it is getting clearances from various departments or recession, some reason is given for the delay even though the projects were suggested as long back as 2003. I want to know whether the financial closure of contracts happened before or after the meltdown.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has raised fears that the economic downturn may take its toll on important infrastructure
projects like creating more parking space in the city in view of the Commonwealth Games 2010.
During a discussion at an MCD standing committee meeting on the delay in implementation of parking projects, municipal commissioner K S Mehra said there are apprehensions that the meltdown may lead to lack of response from private agencies to the projects to be taken up on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
"Most infrastructure projects in Delhi are awarded to private firms for development on BOT basis after inviting tenders from them. The civic body may go for liberalising its tender policy to attract private firms who would otherwise be hesitant to come forward due to economic reasons,'' said Mehra. The MCD is planning to set up a panel to study if the economic turmoil will hit the infrastructure projects and revise its tender policy if necessary.
The civic agency would be relaxing some of the norms for the tender process to make sure companies with greater turnovers are selected for infrastructure projects, including constructing the 24 conventional parking projects.
Said leader of opposition J K Sharma: "In such a situation, none of the parking projects will be completed in time. Whether it is getting clearances from various departments or recession, some reason is given for the delay even though the projects were suggested as long back as 2003. I want to know whether the financial closure of contracts happened before or after the meltdown.
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