Come November, the well-known Cubbon Park within the coronary heart of Karnataka’s Bengaluru will flaunt a brand new look. A number of works taken up at a complete price of Rs 34 crore to develop the park within the coronary heart of town spanning round 100 acres at the moment are closing completion.
Throughout the course of the undertaking, the authorities have taken up the initiative of mapping and geo-tagging 9,000 plus timber in one of many important lung-spaces within the metropolis. Moreover, 3,000 saplings are additionally planted to extend the inexperienced cowl of the park arrange 150 years in the past.
HT Balakrishna, Deputy Director (Cubbon Park), Horticulture Division, advised The Indian Specific that the works have been taken up underneath the Sensible Metropolis scheme and will likely be accomplished by October finish. A brand new jogging observe, renovated footpaths and fountains, inside roads and landscaping are among the many works taken up, he added.
Sources concerned within the Sensible Metropolis Challenge stated the renovation undertaking was taken up in two phases — every costing Rs 17 crore. Whereas Part-A was 95 per cent full, some works in Part-B have been pending. “Although we had hoped to finish the works earlier, heavy rain that lashed town throughout the monsoon season delayed the works.”
Desilting and bettering the lotus pond, Karagada Kunte pond and boating level, grill works across the park, eradicating the fireplace inclined dried bamboo bushes and planting new ones are among the many works accomplished.
“Although work orders have been issued two years in the past, the Detailed Challenge Report proposed initially needed to be modified as a result of opposition from 5 teams — together with the walkers’ affiliation, who frequent the park,” an engineer concerned within the undertaking stated.
“These associations have been cautious of extreme concretisation of the historic park. They needed to be satisfied in regards to the works taken up earlier than we might transfer ahead,” the official added.