In order to decongest traffic and facilitate the citizens and traders of Sadar Bazar and Paharganj area, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC)have revealed that they would develop a multi level car parking over 26,198 sq meters at Idgah.
North Corporation and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Sunday held a joint press conference at North DMC’s headquarter at the civic center wherein, Aadesh Gupta, Mayor of North Delhi lauded DDA for allotting 14,200 sq mtr of land adjoining to North DMC’s 11,998 sq meter at Idgah.
Gupta stated that NNC wned a piece of land measuring 11,998 sq mtrs at Idgah since 1912 where a slaughter house was being run. Besides that MCD was also utilising land measuring 10,603 sq meter and 5,197 sq meter which were handed over to MCD by DDA on October 27,1975.
“However, North DMC stated that DDA took the two pieces of land via a letter dated August 24,2015. It was revealed that North DMC made efforts to get the same land to develop the multi car parking and wrote letters to DDA in 2018,” said Yogendra Singh Mann, Director (Press & Information).
Vijender Gupta, Leader of Opposition ( LOP) in Delhi Legislative Assembly, and a member of DDA, alleged that Delhi Government in last four years have not taken any step to develop parking or made any provision out of its budget of Rs 53 thousand Crore for this purpose. He said that there is a need to create parking facility for almost one crore vehicles in Delhi.
Mayor and LOP alleged that ruling Aam Admi Party may not pay heed to create civic services/facilities to citizens but it must not create hindrances in the way when North Delhi Municipal Corporation is acting towards creating such most required facilities for the citizen by making all out efforts.