EDMC launches pilot project for maintenance of parks
The Hindu
Civic body will allot eight of its parks to private nursery owners for five years
East Delhi Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vikas Anand on Thursday said the civic body has launched a pilot project for maintenance of parks under its jurisdiction. Based on the PPP model, it will allot eight of its parks to private nursery owners for a period of five years.
“The allottee will be charged a licence fee of 37.94 per square metre for each year and will have to provide the civic body with plants and shrubs every year. At least 20% of the park’s area can be used for running a commercial nursery and the remaining area will have to be maintained by the allottee,” a senior civic body official said, adding that the applicants should be registered with the Indian Nurserymen Association.
The city’s Preet Vihar, Geeta Colony and Mayur Vihar-II are among the areas where the parks for the pilot project are located with a combined area of 15.96 acres.
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