Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday said that the State Government was making sincere efforts to reduce traffic congestion in Shimla town and two more parkings were coming up at Tutikandi and near the lift.
After inaugurating a five floor parking-cum-commercial complex completed with an outlay of `20 crore at Chhota Shimla, the Chief Minister said that this parking would provide much needed relief to the people and would facilitate parking for as many as 400 vehicles. Besides, the parking would be given for a concession period of thirty years with the concession fee amounting to `36 lakhs per annum with increase of 10 percent every two years.
Singh said a similar parking was coming up near lift on the cart road and at Tuti-Kandi which will have the parking capacity of parking as many as 250 and 1000 vehicles respectively. The parking at lift would soon be completed and would have seven floors.
The Chief Minister said Shimla being a popular and famous tourist destination, the Government was committed to facilitate them with all basic facilities. He said efforts were on for a proper traffic management system in the town. A similar parking was also proposed near IGMC Shimla, and all the parkings would be made on Build, Operate, Own and Transfer (BOOT) basis on Public Private partnership (PPP) mode.