CHANDIGARH: Construction of a multi-level parking bay in the city is held up with the civic body preparing a legal notice against the Delhi-based private company that was allotted the work.

The company was allotted the responsibility of constructing the first multi-level parking facility that was to be built on the basis of BOT (Built, Operate and Transfer).

According to sources, the civic body has denied the company's request to increase the time period of the contract and added that the notice carries no such clause in the in the signed the MOU.

A senior official, MC said, "We have prepared the legal notice against the company, as per the clauses and conditions of the agreement and has been sent for scrutiny. The notice would be served within two to three days".

Setting up of a multi-level parking at sector 17 was aimed to minimize traffic chaos and has been delayed for around half a decade. The corporation had approved the project in March 2007 and approval from the administration was received in September 2007. Following which, the contract was sanctioned to the company. Recently, the company had shown reluctance and was willing to pull out from the project, said MC sources.