The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government will develop Multi-Level Bus Parking facilities at various Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) sites. These bus parkings will be uniquely designed and will be a first in the history of Delhi.
The project executed by the National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) will also aim to develop two prime DTC Depot sites- Hari Nagar and Vasant Vihar- into world-class depots with twice the current parking capacity as well as retail spaces.
In a statement, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said: “Like many others first, this multi-level bus parking 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. This facility, built on a self-sustaining, zero energy model, will undoubtedly put Delhi on the list of the world’s top cities in public transport and transport infrastructure.”
The depots at Hari Nagar I and II, and Vasant Vihar that constitute an area of 5 acres and 6.21 acres respectively, currently house 100 and 230 buses each. They will 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 parkings of over 2.6 lakh square feet, accommodating over 690 cars and retail spaces.
These depots are designed with a Vibration Isolation system with the use of steel helical springs, after noise and vibration impact analyses and a 45 degree angle that would enable 10-15 per cent more buses to be parked at each depot.
These design considerations have been made after detailed research of similar projects abroad and live case studies and simulations.
Various other depot features such as washing pits, fuel filling stations which will in future be replaced by electric charging stations will also be incorporated at these sites.
Apart from these two sites, DTC colonies at Shadipur and Hari Nagar three are being redeveloped into residential units along with retail and commercial facilities. These will also include EWS housing as per Delhi Master Plan 2021 norms.
Earlier in October 2020, DTC had signed an MoU with the NBCC, wherein the 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. Construction of these multi-level bus depots will start by the end of this year and will be completed in a phased manner by 2024.
