Chandigarh Engineering Department to conduct geo-technical study at site

Chandigarh, August 27

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For the construction of additional multi-level parking at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the UT Engineering Department will conduct geo-technical study at the proposed site.

The department has invited bids from the enlisted and eligible contractors for the work of carrying out geo-technical investigation at the proposed site.

The parking site falls within the eco-sensitive zone around the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, which was notified in 2017. It is also within the buffer zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Capitol Complex in Sector 1.

As per the drawing submitted to the High Court in January last year, the Engineering Department has planned three underground floors. In the first phase, the parking lot will have space for over 2,800 cars. In the second phase, installation of stacks has been proposed and parking could be expanded to over 5,000 cars.

Nearly 10,000 lawyers and litigants, with 8,000 cars, visit the High Court daily. The court has a parking space for nearly 800 cars.

On December 20, 2019, the High Court had directed the UT Administration to submit the layout for a multi-level underground parking lot, opposite the High Court Museum. — TNS