NDMC fixes December deadline for CP facelift

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Monday decided to extend the deadline of the Connaught Place redevelopment project to December 31,2012,and revised the administrative cost estimate to Rs 477 crore.

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Monday decided to extend the deadline of the Connaught Place redevelopment project to December 31,2012,and revised the administrative cost estimate to Rs 477 crore. However,NDMC did not suggest any remedial measures so that the consultants,Engineers India Limited (EIL) can meet the new deadline.

The decision was taken in a council meeting on Monday,a few days after CM Sheila Dikshit voiced her concern over the slow progress of the project.

The council approved the redevelopment proposal,but did not approve the district cooling system (centralised air-conditioning) which would have cost Rs 55.75 crore.

The scope of work is reduced by scrapping four proposed subways at Yusufzai Market,Estate Entry Road,Chelmsford Road,P Block SBS Marg,few new mouths proposed at existing subways and the proposed 27-lakh litres underground water storage tank at Shivaji Stadium. The council has also fixed a revised administrative estimate of Rs 477 crore for the work executed through EIL and to extend the agreement up to December 31,2012, reads the council meeting document.

Earlier,Dikshit had directed Chief Secretary P K Tripathi and NDMC chairperson Archana Arora to monitor the project and take up the matter with the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. NDMC spokesperson Amit Prasad said there was no information on any meeting between NDMC Chairperson and Petroleum ministry officials regarding EIL.

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