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Business News›News›Politics and Nation›'Wonders of the World' Park opens for public

'Wonders of the World' Park opens for public

'Waste to Wonder Park'

'Waste to Wonder Park'

A theme park featuring a 60-ft Eiffel Tower, a 20-ft Taj Mahal and replicas of five other wonders of the world built using 150 tonnes of industrial and other waste in south Delhi, was thrown open to the public on Friday.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh had inaugurated the 'Waste to Wonder Park', spread over seven acres in Rajiv Gandhi Smriti Van near Sarai Kale Khan, on Thursday evening.

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Built at the cost of Rs 7.5 crore

Built at the cost of Rs 7.5 crore

"The park was today thrown open to the public. On the first day itself, it is seeing a rush, as it is a unique recreational area, marrying recycling with aesthetics," a senior SDMC official said.

He said the park built at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore will operate from 11 AM to 11 PM.

The home minister had praised the initiative of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), saying the park "sets an example of 'waste-to-wealth' for other agencies", as scrap has been used to create the "wonders of the world".

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Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower and much more

Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower and much more

The replicas are -- Taj Mahal (20 ft), the Great Pyramid of Giza (18 ft), Eiffel Tower (60 ft), Leaning Tower of Pisa (25 ft), Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer (25 ft), Rome's Colosseum (15 ft) and New York's Statute of Liberty (30 ft), SDMC officials said.

The seven replicas are installed in a landscaped park. Eiffel Tower, the veritable symbol of Paris and France, which is the tallest one among the replicas, and a Taj Mahal fashioned out of industrial and other waste, including used cycle chains, and motifs drawn on it using laser-cut technology, strikingly stand out.

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Plans for outsourcing maintenance

Plans for outsourcing maintenance

A metallic Great Pyramid of Giza will also make visitors halt in their tracks in the park, completed in a period of "six months".

"We will maintain it ourselves for the first four months and then based on a response will think about outsourcing its maintenance," SDMC Commissioner P K Goel said.

"We are also considering if the space could be lent out for film shoots or pre-wedding shoots, which would also generate revenue," he said.

The park has been built by the the civic body as part of its initiative to process waste, under meaningful projects and add aesthetic value to the city.

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"World's first"

"World's first"

"The seven replicas have been made with the scrap of automobile parts and other metal waste like fans, rods, iron sheets, nut-bolts, bicycle and bike parts, defunct sewer lines and age-old appliances gathering dust in 24 municipal stores," the official said.

SDMC Commissioner P K Goel said 150 tonne of scrap and waste has been used to create the "architectural wonders for the city".

He claimed this was the "world's first" such park where all the seven wonders have been replicated using waste products.

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