Mangalore: Vehicle Parking Complex to be Built in City
Report: Thafleel, Pics: Prajwal Ukkuda
Daijworld Media Network—Mangalore (TU/CN)
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Mangalore, Oct 10: A modern vehicle parking complex is slated to come up in Hampankatta soon with the city corporation likely to take up construction work at the old service bus stand.
Speaking to Daijiworld, Ranganath Kini, the court ward corporator said a full-fledged, seven-storey, air-conditioned mall, would be built on the site by a private organization. The parking area would come up on the fifth and sixth floor of the building which would be operated on a ‘pay and park’ basis.
However, the city corporation has not yet invited applications for setting up of the parking complex from private organizations. Kini said, ‘This vehicle parking complex will be the first of its kind in the city. The parking system will be looked after by the city corporation which will gain Rs 40 crore in income from this project. The corporation is also planning to introduce the first ever interlock road at Arya Samaj Road and Sturrock Road. The entire area will be given a face-lift once the project is over.’
Other existing commercial establishments at the old service bus stand would be evicted and shifted to the mall complex, he added. Kini opined that with the increase in number of vehicles and with many commercial establishments coming up on K S Rao Road, the new parking complex could go a long way in solving the parking problem in the area.