Maha Metro to build 25-storied Parking-cum-Commercial Complex opposite Yeshwant Stadium

June 24, 2021 Rail News

With the state government relaxing restrictions, Maha Metro has floated tenders to go in for parking and commercial development in a big way. When these properties are developed, they will change the face of Nagpur. 3 Tenders are live now. The most ambitious project is the Parking-cum-Commercial Complex, opposite Yeshwant Stadium, Dhantoli.

  • The permitted height is 88 meter and hence it will be a 25-storied building.
  • It will be developed on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
  • The land area is 19,890 square meter and the use is commercial.
  • The permissible floor to space index (FSI) is 2.5 but can go up to 4.0 under transit oriented development (TOD) policy, subject to payment of a premium.
  • The private operator will have to spare 15% of the land as open space.
  • The maximum constructed area possible on this site is 5.25 lakh sq feet.
  • The complex will be connected to Sitabuldi Interchange Metro station by a foot overbridge (FOB).
  • The operator will be given a period of 4 years for construction and the concession period will be 60 years including the construction period.
  • The operator will have to provide parking slots for 4-wheelers, 2-wheelers and bicycles in the complex as mandated by development control rules (DCR).
  • In addition, he will have to provide an extra parking space for 100 cars and 100 two-wheelers.

Consumer electronics goods market:

  • Maha Metro is also developing an exclusive consumer electronics goods market at concourse level of the under-construction Zero Mile Freedom Park station.
  • 15 shops are being constructed there having area between 8.75 sq m and 13.28 sq m.
  • The lease period will be 9 years.

Other projects:

  • The agency has also floated tenders for leasing out 17 commercial spaces having area between 17.34 sq m to 89.35 sq m at various stations of Reach I (Sitabuldi Interchange to Khapri) and Reach III (Sitabuldi Interchange to Lokmanya Nagar).
  • The lease period for these shops will also be 9 years.
  • The spaces are located at Khapri, Airport, Rahate Colony, Bansi Nagar, Vasudev Nagar, Rachna Ring Road and LAD Square Metro stations.

Futala Viewing Gallery project:

The work on Futala Viewing Gallery and cement concrete (CC) road project is progressing fast. It is a Central Road Fund (CRF) project and the cost is around Rs 113 crore. The entire project will be completed in time.

There are three components of the project:

  • Viewing Gallery with Projector Room
  • Multilevel Parking Plaza
  • Cement Concrete Road

Viewing Gallery with Projector Room:

  • The length of the gallery is 350 m and the seating capacity is 4,000.
  • Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) is developing a multimedia laser show in Futala lake and people can watch it from the gallery.
  • A project room is being built besides the gallery for the show.
  • The gallery will be fully covered with a 350 m long tensile roof.
  • There will be parking space near the gallery.
  • It will have parking slots for 13 cars, 24 two-wheelers and 24 bicycles.

Multilevel Parking Plaza:

  • A multilevel parking will be built near the gallery so that people coming to watch the show can park their vehicles.
  • It will be a mechanized puzzle parking.
  • There will be 1,000 parking slots for cars and 305 slots for two-wheelers.

Cement Concrete Road:

  • The length of the road is 2.86 kilometer.
  • It is along the Futala lake in rear of the gallery and on approaches.
  • It is 18 m wide and is 90% complete.
  • The Nagpur Heritage Committee reviewed the project on June 15 without any objection.
  • Earlier, Maha Metro, as per directions of Public Works Department (PWD), had planned to construct a road tunnel below the gallery.
  • However, this tunnel was dropped in January 2019 and the final drawing approved by PWD in October 2019 did not include the tunnel.
  • NIT’s consultant for the multimedia laser show had told Maha Metro that the tunnel wall below the gallery will have acoustics problems and other technical issues.
  • Hence, Maha Metro prepared a new design.
  • As per the new design a cement concrete road is being built behind the gallery instead.

Source: Nagpur Metro-Press Release | Image Credit (representational): Nagpur Metro