Work on to construct a new spacious three storeyed administration building for the City Municipal Corporation at an outlay of Rs. 7 crore would commence in two months. It is expected to be completed in two years.

The municipality that celebrated its centenary in 1966 was upgraded as Municipal Corporation in 1994 and was functioning in the old buildings that houses most of the offices in an area spread over 28,267 sq ft.

The new building would come up on 1,25,150 sq ft area that would have a stilt floor for vehicle parking, ground floor and three floors. The ground floor would house information centre, treasury, accounts department, election division, planning division, land survey department, birth and death certificate issue centre and city welfare office.

The first floor would have council hall, offices of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, visitors gallery and Public Relations Office, second floor would have Office of the Commissioner, Executive Engineer, Executive Engineer (Planning), meeting hall and engineering division. The third floor would have electronics division and lunch and rest room.

Special features of the building include, eco-friendly materials like reusable and plastics to be used for construction, energy saving lights and equipments to be installed and rain water harvesting system. The Public Works Department would soon inspect the old block and tender would be called for demolishing the building. Once the process is over, work would begin and expected to be completed in two years time.

Officials said that an additional plan outlay for Rs. 3 crore has been sought from the government for which results are expected shortly.