Delhi to soon get 2 multi-level bus parking facilities

NEW DELHI: The national capital will soon get multi-level bus parking at Delhi Transport Corporation’s Hari Nagar and Vasant Vihar bus depots, transport minister Kailash Gahlot announced on Thursday.
“This multi-level bus parking facility will be yet another world-class, state-of-the-art public transport infrastructure that the Arvind Kejriwal model of governance will give to the people of Delhi,” Gahlot said in a statement.
“This facility, built on a self-sustaining model, will undoubtedly put Delhi in the list of world’s top cities in public transport and transport infrastructure,” he added.
The project, which aims to develop these two depots at prime locations into world-class depots with up to three times the current parking capacity as well as retail spaces, will be executed by National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC). Construction of these first-of-its-kind multi-level bus depots will start by the end of this year and will be completed in a phased manner by 2024, the government said.
The depots at Hari Nagar and Vasant Vihar can accommodate 100 and 230 buses each, respectively. The Delhi government said in a statement that these depots would be able to accommodate 330 and 400 buses each over four and seven-floor depots after the redevelopment. These depots will also account for basement parking of over 2.6 lakh sqft, accommodating over 690 cars and retail spaces.
DTC had signed an MoU with NBCC in October 2020, according to which NBCC will act as project management consultants for development of its major land parcels in various locations across Delhi, for multi-level bus parking depots, redevelopment of residential colonies of DTC and more commercial facilities. DTC’s residential colonies in Shadipur and Hari Nagar are also being redeveloped into residential units along with retail and commercial facilities.
According to the statement, these depots are designed with a vibration isolation system by use of steel helical springs, after noise and vibration impact analyses and a 45° angle for maximum parking efficiency.
Various other features such as washing pits, electric charging stations, will also be incorporated at these sites, the government said.