MC starts revamping parks in Panchkula

Panchkula, April 13

The local Municipal Corporation has begun the work of revamping public parks from Sector 6.

The civic body had earlier this year decided to initiate beautification of public parks with over 1-acre area to give them a new look and feel on the lines of European countries.

Of the 276 parks that are under the jurisdiction of the MC, 56 will be redeveloped under the new plan.

The newly-designed parks will have modern facilities, water bodies, hard-surface walking tracks, synthetic jogging tracks and badminton courts,” said Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal.

At one corner of the park, a playing area for kids and an open-air gym would be developed, he said, adding that residents would get an advantage to indulge themselves in sports and other recreational activities near their homes.

Lamp-posts and decoration lights would be installed along the walking track, he stated.

Of the total parks in the MC area, 241 are managed by park development committees that include representatives of the residents’ welfare associations (RWAs).

The MC has to shell out Rs. 3 crore every year to these committees for the maintenance of public parks.