The multi-level car parking coming up at the erstwhile State Motor Garages (SMG) in the city-centre will be operational by the end of this year
Officials said work on the project is going onround-the-clock to complete the ramp-type parking facility much before itsdeadline in April 2020.
An official said unlike the semi-mechanised parking in thecity-center, the car parking facility being constructed by Srinagar DevelopmentAuthority will be much cost-effective for the users.
“There is an urgent need for a designated car parking in thecity centre as number of cars has increased manifold. Keeping this in view,speed of work on this project has been increased and we have started nightshifts. We hope to make the ramp-type parking operational by December thisyear,” the official said.
“We have seen the way people have been hesitant to pay Rs30- 40 for the mechanised parking which involves a huge operational cost. Thisnew parking will be much cheaper due to its low maintenance,” he said.
Being constructed at a project cost of Rs 26.92 crore, fourfloors of the multi-level parking are being constructed with the help offunding under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), acentrally sponsored scheme aimed for developing city infrastructure.
“This parking facility will have three upper storeys usedfor commercial purpose to be constructed with help of SDAs own resource,” theofficial said.
He said the parking facility will have two approach stairs ,five elevators and one ramp. “Surface parking will have a capacity for 43vehicles and in addition 150 two-wheelers can also be parked here,” he said.The site area for SMG parking is 13.01 kanals with a proper entry and exitpoints,” he said.
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is the nodal agencywhile SDA would be the implementing agency for the new multi-level parkinglots. The official said work on the Sheikh Bagh multi-level parking, which hadstarted at the same time as the SMG parking, has been comparatively moving at aslower pace. As per the initial project plan, Sheikh Bagh parking willaccommodate 400 four-wheelers and 42 two-wheelers and be surrounded by 71shops. “The Sheikh Bagh parking might take almost one year more forcompletion than the city center parking,” he said.