Indian Express 18.11.2009
MCD committee to take call on multi-level parking project
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to re-launch its ambitious multi-level parking project to ease parking woes at 15 major spots in the Capital. The Rs 110-crore project has remained on paper since its inception in 2004, battling funding and other issues. The corporation, however, claims to have resolved all issues and will present the project before the Standing Committee for approval on Wednesday.
Now, the MCD plans to invite bids by the end of this week for automatic parking lots in areas like Chirag Dilli, South Extension, Hauz Khas, New Friends Colony and Karol Bagh.
The multi-level parking lots are to be built on the ‘palate parking principle’ ¿ where cars are placed on flat structures and lifted via hydraulic lifts and parked where there space.
The benefit: this principle will save space.
Mehrauli parking, however, will not have automated hydraulic system and will have ramps as a cost cutting measure.
Earlier, in 2005, the MCD had awarded the tender for the first lot of these parking sites to Simpark Infrastructure, but the contract was withdrawn after the Standing Committee objected to the procedure of awarding the contract. The civic body then invited fresh bids in 2007 but nothing was finalised.
The 15 parking lots are to be built on ‘Build Operate and Transfer’ basis where a private firm will build the parking lot and operate it for 30 years. The MCD will benefit through advertising space and revenue generated.
