DDA's Vaishnavi Park located in Ashok Vihar. Jagran Archive
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Sanjeev Gupta, New Delhi. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is preparing to give a new look to all its parks and green areas in the city. A detailed redevelopment action plan is being prepared for this. The objective of the action plan is to make these places not only environment friendly but also more comfortable and useful for the general public.
Help will be taken from private agencies
To implement this ambitious project, DDA will take the help of expert private sector agencies. As per the plan, a panel of architecture and landscape architecture firms is being prepared. DDA has also issued “Request for Empanelment” (RFE).
This panel will work on site analysis, designing, master planning and preparing technical documents related to construction. At present this panel will be valid for one year, which can be extended further for two years depending on the work performance.
Green area of more than 16 thousand hectares
Presently DDA is managing more than 16 thousand hectares of green area in Delhi. This includes seven biodiversity parks, 11 major ecological restoration projects in the Yamuna floodplain and 773 urban parks. Now all these will be rejuvenated.
The plan will be divided into these categories
DDA has fixed various categories for redevelopment
Revenue potential will increase with facilities
DDA aims to develop state-of-the-art facilities in the parks such as fitness and yoga zones, children's play areas, shady places to sit and open grounds for cultural programs.
It is said that along with increasing the facilities, DDA is also exploring the possibility of increasing revenue through these parks. In the last few years, DDA has introduced entry tickets ranging from Rs 20 to Rs 50 in some parks. Under this new scheme, such initiatives can be taken in other parks also by increasing the facilities.
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