Delhi Projects Update Thread

[dreadathecontrols]

Someones palm needs to be greased...
Or do we have some of CP as it should be & some as its always been??

[phaedrus]

cross posting from the energy thread


Delhi to get 50 more CNG stations

With the demand for compressed natural gas (CNG) going up after petrol and diesel prices skyrocketted, Delhi will soon set up 50 more CNG stations to avoid long queues of vehicles and also help keep the environment clean, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Sunday.

After visiting a CNG station in south Delhi, Dikshit said her government would "facilitate commissioning of 50 new CNG stations in the capital city and would continue to strive hard to make Delhi a CNG capital to ensure clean air in Delhi".

She said the average sale of CNG in the current month was around 1.2 million kg per day with peak sales touching 1.35 million kg a day.

The chief minister said the rising prices of "liquid fuels have given a tremendous boost to CNG conversion". The cost of running a car on CNG is 73 percent economical as compared to petrol and 45 percent economical as compared to diesel, she explained.

Currently, there are 163 CNG filling stations in the capital, which supply fuel to nearly 225,000 vehicles.

The state government also said it will add 100 new CNG stations in the city before the 2010 Commonwealth Games to manage the growing demand.

Dikshit added that her government would ensure clean air, especially during the Commonwealth Games. It has taken a step further to switch light motor vehicles goods carriers to CNG.

According to a statement from the chief minister's office, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) that runs the CNG stations in Delhi is in talks with Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) "to allow utilization of their depots at six locations for multi-use".

source economictimes.com

[phaedrus]

Expenditure Committee approves seven projects in Delhi

The Expenditure Finance Committee of Delhi Government today gave nod to seven projects worth Rs 347 crore including four related to PWD and one each to power, land and building and flood control departments.

The projects were cleared in an EFC meeting presided over by Finance Minister A K Walia. Walia told reporters after the meeting that Rs 126.18 crore has been sanctioned for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of complete civil works regarding automation of 400/220/66 KV sub-station at Mundka village in West Delhi.

"The project has been approved with an aim to meet the increased power requirements in the areas of West Delhi as well as to provide supply to DMRC for their extension route in Mundka and the industrial area being developed in Swarn Park, Udyog Nagar," he added. The project will be executed on turnkey basis within 24 months from the date of award of work. Walia expressed confidence that commissioning would be completed within stipulated time to ensure adequate power supply in the area and facilitate plying of Metro Rail.

"The EFC has also approved Rs 9.67 crore for widening of 600-metre part of Eastern Approach road of ISBT Bridge from three lane to four lane. The project would be completed within 21 months," Walia said.

source economictimes.com

[phaedrus]

MCD to launch energy-saving drive in municipal buildings

The MCD will launch a special project to implement energy efficiency measures in important municipal buildings in collaboration with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI).

The CCI, started by former US President Bill Clinton in August 2006, is serving as the implementing partner of the C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, an association of large cities around the world which have pledged to accelerate their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A study was undertaken in important MCD buildings like hospitals, poly-clinics, zonal office buildings and details of existing energy consuming infrastructure was analysed to ascertain the scope of introducing energy-saving measures, Mayor Arti Mehra said here today.

Initially, nine municipal buildings and two stretches of roads have been identified for initiating the energy-saving and 'green' measures, she said.

Five energy-saving companies, Honeywell, Trane, JCI, Siemens and DSCL, were selected to conduct a "walk through" the buildings and it was found that there was immense potential to introduce various steps for power conservation.

Mehra said in two stretches, Delhi Gate to Kauria Pul and Rajghat to Ajmeri Gate, have been chosen for use of LED lamps and implementing automation control for street lights.

source economictimes.com

[Cov Boy]

Hey thats good

[arijeetb]

Design work begins on largest car park project

Targeted Before Commonwealth Games 2010

Work on the project design of New Delhi Municipal Corporation's multilevel car parking project at Connaught Place has begun. With two basement levels and 13 elevated floors, the car park that can accommodate over 1,500 cars, is touted to be India's biggest and technologically most advanced car parking project. NDMC is developing the project in PPP mode on BOT basis with DS Constructions Ltd being the concessionaire. Global consultancy and engineering group, Meinhardt, has been appointed independent engineer for the landmark project taking shape on Kasturba Gandhi Marg.
Speaking to Projectmonitor, Rajesh Srivastava, Country Director - India, Meinhardt, said that the car park would cause very low noise and air pollution making it environment-friendly. Cars will be delivered to a point, and with the ignition switched-off, they will be moved through an automatic lift to vacant slots. This would result in lower car emissions and a drastic reduction in noise. The low pollution levels are particularly important considering that important buildings like Antariksh Bhawan and British Council Library are situated in the vicinity. The project is estimated to cost Rs 180 crore.
Meinhardt is also currently associated with six multilevel car parking projects of NDMC and also Delhi Municipal Corporation, Srivastava said. The car parks will be so designed that there is no damage done to the existing natural greenery, he added. Commenting on Meinhardt's association with several such projects in India, Srivastava said "We are the only multinational firm which has a one-stop solution for all engineering needs. Every project, at all stages, is taken care of in-house without subletting, unlike most other consultancy firms," he asserted.
Discussing international projects, Srivastava said that Meinhardt was associated with the recently-commissioned $35 million (Rs 150 crore) multilevel car park at the Brisbane International in Australia. With a capacity of 1,700 cars, the Brisbane car park also gives real time information and direction to available parking bays.

[zenith_suv]

Thanks for the update .

It's actually a wholesome irritant trying to park a car in CP - some while back I used to have my CFA classes there and it took 20-25 minutes just to find parking and that too far away from where I intended to go.

Thanks god for construction starting , hopefully now things will move faster as the real bottlenecks lie in the permissions for these structures.

[zhiemi]

SC sets Sept 1 deadline for abattoir.

Rejecting the plea of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for six more months to make the ultra-modern Ghazipur slaughter house functional, the Supreme Court on Thursday set a September 1 deadline for operationalising the abattoir.

MCD had sought time citing inadequate facilities, opposition from meat traders to shift to Ghazipur and a possible law and order situation, but a Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhan, S B Sinha and A K Mathur said it would brook no such excuse to delay the project.

Though the Bench fixed the deadline, it had in hand a lingering dispute between MCD and the contractor, Food Processing Equipments Ltd, over the cost of the project.

The court appointed a threemember committee comprising senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, advocate Puneet Jain and gave them the power to co-opt a technical person to undertake fresh evaluation of the project cost. It asked the committee to inspect the project site and give a report to the court by August 27.

This is the second occasion when an independent agency will evaluate the cost of the abattoir. Last year, MCD had pegged its cost at Rs 106 crore, while the contractor expressed its inability to work at anything less than Rs 155 crore.

Failing to resolve the dispute, the court had referred the issue to an expert body — ILFS — on the condition that the price determined by the body would be binding on both parties. The warring parties had consented to such a condition.

ILFS, after detailed analysis, estimated the cost at Rs 113 crore and MCD had immediately agreed to it. But the contractor had wriggled out of its commitment accusing the expert body of not taking into account the price escalation of raw materials.

The court, which had already made MCD pay Rs 123 crore to the contractor, had failed to make both sides agree to a single cost estimate. This made it to refer it to the present committee for a fresh estimate of the cost of the abattoir.

Source: TOI

[phaedrus]

wow, MCD asking for more time for a project. what a surprise.

idiots

[Illusionist]

[bhopalus]

Originally Posted by zhiemi

SC sets Sept 1 deadline for abattoir.



Source: TOI

i don't get it; what exactly is this project and how does it benefit delhi? will the government force all the open slaughter houses to shut down and all the slaughterers to move here?

[harsh1802]

Originally Posted by Indrajal.com

Nice find.

[zhiemi]

Originally Posted by bhopalus

i don't get it; what exactly is this project and how does it benefit delhi? will the government force all the open slaughter houses to shut down and all the slaughterers to move here?

The deadline for the completion of the abattoir was way back in June 2006, but it has been facing hurdle after hurdle. It is an ultra-modern Rs. 150 crore slaughterhouse meant to provide Delhiites with hygienic meat. It will have a total capacity of slaughtering 10,000 goats and 1,000 buffaloes per day. When it was conceived, the Capital's meat requirements was far less but with the population having rapidly increased and the demand far more now (about 20,000 goats per day), the abattoir will be able to cater to only 50% of what is required.

[zhiemi]

Lira Arcaden Shopping Mall from Hindustan Buildwell/Buildcon pvt Ltd., the fist shopping arcaden at Karol Bagh.

[zhiemi]

HERITAGE CENTRE IN WALLED CITY.

Render on TOI:

If you are a bookworm, this one’s going to be music to your ears. Municipal Corporation of Delhi has moved a proposal to the state government and to Delhi Development Authority for construction of a Delhi Heritage Centre in Daryaganj, a fourtower, 12-storey building that will house a publishers’ mall — a perennial book fair of sorts — apart from city, police and judiciary museums and institutions of art-culture and education and three levels of parking.

The facade of the building — that is estimated to cost about Rs 150 crore —will be constructed by integrating the art and architectural elements of the Mughal and colonial periods and its components are being designed to make it a one-stop destination for tourists with an eye on the Commonwealth Games 2010. The parking space in the building — three levels with a capacity of 1,000 cars — MCD officials hope, may prove to be the solution to the Walled City’s parking problem.

According to Vijay Singh, deputy commissioner (central zone), MCD who is the prime mover for the proposal, the proposal has already received a positive response from the lieutenant governor who has now routed it to
DDA for appropriate action. Even the
chief minister too has expressed her keenness for the project.

‘‘The centre will be located where currently the District Institute of Educational Training (DIET) of the central district and a Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya are running. We will accommodate DIET in the building and the school may be shifted either to the DC office (central district) or in Parda Bagh area. Ansari Road has a historical association with publishers and publishing houses since the preindependence years and Daryagunj from where 80% of India’s publishers operate is associated with publishing in the same way as Leicester Square and Charing Cross in London. That’s why the mall and around it we will showcase the rich historical heritage of the city,’’ Singh told Times City.

The seven cities of Delhi from Qila Rai Pithora to Shahjahanabad — built by various dynasties, will be showcased and there will be a number of museums so that when the tourist influx of happens during Games, it will be a sort of one-stop tourist centre, something that will be further boosted by the presence of guest houses on three floors of the tower. The three guest houses will be made depicting art, architecture and living style of three different periods of Delhi — ancient, mediaeval and British. There could also be Delhi’s own state guest house. Delhi, in fact, is the only state which does not have one.

As per the proposal, the centre would also house a training institute dedicated to various aspects of urban governance and planning.
The centre will also have the necessary public utilities like banks, courier, post office, cafe as well as air, road and rail reservation counters. There will also be a library on the heritage of India with a special section on Delhi’s urban heritage.

Singh concedes that the height may become an issue given the congested nature of Daryaganj but that, he says, has been taken care of by the fluidity of the plan. ‘‘We may reduce it if required,’’ he says. Delhi government officials say that the file, which is at present with finance minister A K Walia, is being looked into ‘‘very positively.’’

'...........Designed with a unique architecture, it will house a publishers’ mall, some museums and offices'

Publisher’s Mall
An Indian version of a Leicester Square or Charing Cross in London, the mall will have space for all the publishers working from Daryaganj — believed to be a majority of the total number of publishers in India — and also for anybody else keen to set up shop there.

Art & Culture Institutes
All literary academies of Delhi government, like the Urdu and Hindi academies will be housed in the building as will be institutes of performing arts like music drama etc. There will be an auditorium where live performances will be held for tourists and local people.

Education Department
The offices of the primary education department of MCD and the secondary and higher education departments of Delhi government, along with the SCERT and DIET, will be on one or two floors in the third tower of the building

City Administration
There will be an institute dedicated to teaching personnel various aspects of governance and urban planning. The institute will be the first of its kind in the country.

Delhi’s Heritage
The seven cities of Delhi from Qila Rai Pithora to Shahjahanabad, built by various dynasties, will be showcased and there will be a number of museums so that the centre will be a one-stop tourist spot

Parking, Public Utilities
There will be provision for three levels of underground parking with a capacity of 1,000 cars. Space for 500 will be reserved for Daryaganj residents. The other two levels will cater to people visiting the offices and institutes housed in the building. There would also be utilities like banks, post office, cafes and railway and air reservation counters

Security & Surveillance
The building will also have utility as a surveillance aid. The proposed installation of CCTV cameras for checking unauthorised construction in the area and also to sort out the traffic mess through real-time monitoring will be furthered by the building whose height will make it an appropriate place for positioning the cameras

Delhi City Museum
Its rich historical heritage notwithstanding, there is at present no city museum in Delhi. The heritage centre is proposed to fill that gap by accommodating a museum on its topmost floor which will showcase the evolution and development of the city and also portray its cultural and heritage to understand the sense of the city completely

Source: TOI

Well?

[india]

That building is an eye-sore.

Appreciate the purpose, though.

[manbil777]

That building is an eye-sore.

Sadly yes...

If they wanted to do Mughal revival -- they could do way better than this.

[zhiemi]

Absolutely, it doesn't do justice to Mughal architecture. I hope TOI was just giving some kind of an identikit of the actual render.

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10,000 low-cost houses to be sold in Delhi

The Delhi government Tuesday began the sale of application forms for allotment of 10,000 low-cost houses aimed at making a slum-free national capital.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday opened a sale counter at Regarpura at Karol Bagh for the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana.

'10,000 well-designed flats are ready in Bawana and Baprola for allotment. The flats have been provided all basic amenities including water, electricity, dispensary, playground, shopping Centre for daily needs and public transport,' Dikshit said.

The flats are meant for the residents of slum clusters and urban poor. Residents of those slum clusters would be allotted flats on priority, who have been dislocated to make room for construction of projects related to Commonwealth Games.

"Applicant must be a resident of Delhi for at least 10 years and the annual income should not exceed Rs.16,000," Dikshit stated.

The filled application forms would be received at same 54 centres between Aug 18 to Sept 5.

Two-room and one-room dwelling units would respectively cost Rs.200,000 and Rs.175,000 approximately, for which the union government would provide around Rs.60,000 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Rest of the amount would be arranged as soft loan on easy instalment from banks, which would be repayable in 15 to 20 years.

[irutavias]

Originally Posted by manbil777

Sadly yes...

If they wanted to do Mughal revival -- they could do way better than this.

Who knows..maybe they can pull off a decent/subtle design.

[IndiansUnite]

Originally Posted by zhiemi

Absolutely, it doesn't do justice to Mughal architecture. I hope TOI was just giving some kind of an identikit of the actual render.

Trust TOI to come up with such lousy designs. The least they can do is add a small disclaimer at the bottom of the image.