The Hindu 26.12.2011
MCD underground parking foundation laid
Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi on Sunday laid the foundation of a
three-storey underground parking at New Friends Colony which will be
able to accommodate over 500 cars at a time.
She said
the work on the multi-level underground parking, which will be
constructed at a cost of Rs.40 crore, has already begun and the project
will be completed by September 30. The Mayor added that the underground
parking will be spread over 12,089 sq. mt. and a green cover or park
will be provided over it.
Completion on time
Leader
of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra, who was present
at the event, said: “The problem of parking is emerging as a great
challenge in Delhi, the solution for which lies in the vision and
commitment of the Governments. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi in the
past almost five years has worked hard to provide systematic and
spacious parking spaces across the city.”
Ms. Abbi said she expected construction work to be completed on time.
“The
rise in number of vehicles has increased parking problem in the city.
However, the MCD is working hard in this regard. This multi-level
parking at New Friends Colony is an effort to ease out the pressure of
parking from an area which has two big hospitals and a hotel in its
vicinity.”
MCD Standing Committee chairman Yogendra Chandolia said the project will be a “milestone for the civic body”.
Mentioning
the proposed trifurcation of the civic body, MCD Works Committee
chairman Jagdish Mamgain said the MCD had not introduced any new taxes
in the past five years, but with the proposal of three corporations,
“there are chances that new taxes would be introduced. Even then,
citizens would be devoid of many facilities as the revenue through these
tax collections would not be enough in the wake of three-fold rise in
expenditure of the three corporations.”