CM lays stone of car parking complex at Vikas Nagar

Tribune News Service

Shimla, September 22

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh laid the foundation stone of car parking and commercial complex at Vikas Nagar to be constructed at a cost of about Rs 20 crore.

The 10-storey multi complex will include seven parking floors and three floors for commercial purpose with all basic amenities, fire escape, stair case and barrier free movement, besides parking facility for about 175 vehicles.

Municipal Corporation Shimla will be the commissioning authority and Rudra Infrastructure Construction Ltd will be the promoter of this mega project on Built Operate Transfer (BOT) basis, he added.

The Chief Minister announced that a new dispensary would be opened and a playground developed at Vikas Nagar. He said that the state government was committed to provide all possible help to Municipal Corporation Shimla for providing basic amenities to the people.

“Shimla town was not only known for its heritage but also a symbol of green environment and cleanliness”, he said and urged the people to maintain cleanness so as to maintain the glory of the town.

Virbhadra also performed the foundation stone laying ceremony of a sarai of the Cancer Hospital near the IGMC Shimla, a joint venture of Rotary Club and Municipal Corporation Shimla to be constructed at a cost of Rs 3 crore. The sarai will initially have four floors out of which two floors would be residential while two others would be parking with dormitories, lift, pantry and other facilities.

The Chief Minister appreciated the initiative of Rotary Club Shimla for bearing the cost of the proposed four-storey sarai-cum-parking complex. He announced that two more additional storeys would be constructed and the state government would liberally contribute towards the project.