Two to tango: Parking for 3,000 cars, a metro station to come up in central Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has paved the way for an underground Delhi Metro station with a multi-level car parking (MLCP) facility above ground. This second-of-its-kind facility in the capital will come up at Nabi Karim in central Delhi.
The congested area will get a busy Delhi Metro interchange station in the next few years as part of the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor of Phase-IV. While the Metro station will connect this part of the city to other parts of the capital, the MLCP will help residents and traders by providing ample parking space, the lack of which is a major problem at present.

Recently, DDA approved the change of land use of the 6.4-acre plot for the MLCP “to cater to the acute demand of parking in the area” from “Residential (Redevelopment)” to “Transportation (MLCP)”. A DDA official said the proposed modification would help North Delhi Municipal Corporation construct the MLCP at Nabi Karim Metro Station at Idgah Road. DDA has invited objections and suggestions from the public regarding the land-use modification.
The fully automated facility, which will have enough space to accommodate more than 3,000 cars at a point of time, is going to be jointly developed by DMRC and NDMC as part of an integrated station complex. An MoU for the Nabi Karim project was signed last year.
DMRC has planned the underground interchange facility for the upcoming Janakpuri West–RK Ashram Marg corridor and the proposed Inderlok–Indraprastha corridor of the Phase-IV project. The Metro station will come up with four underground levels and, on the surface, the building will have nine floors, including the six-storey car parking facility and a three-storey commercial complex. The total land area will be around 25,000 square metres.
DMRC will construct the integrated sub structure for the station and NDMC will build the super structure for the parking as well as commercial facilities through a concessionaire. NDMC would also operate and maintain the parking facility and the commercial block, officials said.
DMRC had identified the piece of land as it had to construct an interchange station. NDMC, which owns the land, also had plans for a MLCP-cum-commercial facility. After a series of meetings, a solution was found by combining the two projects as an integrated complex, the official said. DMRC had earlier constructed a multilevel parking facility at the New Delhi Metro station of the Airport Express Line.