Srinagar, May 17 (KNS): Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday inaugurated the semi-mechanized car parking facility in Srinagar that will ease out parking difficulties in the city centre.
The work on the sub-project was completed by Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (J&K ERA) under its ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (JKUSDIP) funded by (ADB) Asian Development Bank
The Rs 27.15 crore project includes the construction of multilevel mechanized semi automatic car parking facility which will accomadate 288 light motor vehicles and provide much needed parking facility in one of busiest commercial places in summer capital.
The facility comprises 4 bays with each having parking space for 72 light motor vehicles. The facility is spread over an area of 1545 sqm which also includes three storyed commercial complex comprising of office space and public toilet.
The facility with entry from Maulana Azad road and exit from exchange road will provide easy and safe parking for vehicle owners who will have to just place their vehicle over the automated pellet and vehicle will be automatically placed in the available vacant parking slot and similarly will be retrieved back from the slot and placed at the automated pellet with whole process taking less than 2 to 2.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel5 minutes.
The process will be undertaken with the help of imported HID (Human Interface Device) called PLC (Programmed Logic Control Unit) which will be operated by trained engineers and technicians of M/S Simplex engineers private limited who will operate the parking facility for the period of three years as per provisions of the contract and will simultaneously train and build capacities of personnel from SDA (Srinagar Development Authority) which will operate the facility after expiry of operation and maintenance period with the contractor.
Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Minister of Education, Asiea Naqash , Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Social welfare , Health and Medical Education, Anjum Fazili, MLA, Khursheed Aalam MLC were also present on the occasion.
Baseer Ahmad Khan, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Vinod Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, JKERA, Farooq Ahmad Lone, District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Tahseen Mustafa, V.C Srinagar Development Authority, Satish Razdan, Director, JKERA, Kashmir, and other senior officers of Police and Divisional administration were also present on the occasion. (KNS)