Panipat: Hali park revival project fails to meet deadline

Mukesh Tandon

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Tribune News Service

Panipat, June 3

The revival project of the historical Hali park and lake spread in around 28 acres has failed to meet its deadline. The work was to be completed in March 2020 but it has been delayed by 14 months.

Notably, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had announced the revival of Hali park during his visit to Panipat in December 2014 during the previous regime of the BJP government. Following the announcement, the Municipal Corporation (MC) prepared a plan for the revival of the lake and redevelop the park. The Urban Local Bodies Department had also approved the project and released Rs 23.69 crore to the MC for the purpose in December 2016. Then the MC had allotted the tender to a private construction company in 2018, which had to complete the work up to March 2020 but it has not been completed so far.

As per the details, the MC had to develop an open-air theatre, jogging track, swings for children, open gym, memorial, café, advanced sound system, yoga park and other advanced facilities in the park to attract people. The CCTV cameras would also be installed under the project. Besides, the Hali lake, spread in 9 acres, has also been developed under the project, which is being filled with canal water and the pipeline has also been laid already. Soon boating will be started here for the residents.

As per sources, the civil work has not been completed so far while forestation and plantation are yet to start. Senior Deputy Mayor, MC, Dushyant Bhatt said the revival work of the Hali lake and park had been delayed due to the Covid pandemic. Now, the matter would be taken up with the MC officials to expedite the work, he said.