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Underground Parking - whats the big deal?
Written By srinidhi - 6 December, 2010
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It has been in news since some time that BBMP is planning underground parking lots under playgrounds and other public amenities like parks etc..
more on this in this link..
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/72003/are-playgrounds-last-resort-construction.html
However there has been opposition from public for this BBMP project..today there was a report in DH, where public has blamed BBMP for taking up under ground parking at a playground in malleshwaram 'clandestinely'.
Whats the big reason for saying no to this kind of parking facility?
Agreed, some of the locations in BBMP's list are not really the best candidates for such facility...but why oppose the plan all together?
There have been many instances of underground parking facilities coming up under parks and grounds world over..the only thing to make sure that such facilities are water proofed well!
COMMENTS
rs - 6 December, 2010 - 12:45
Yes - one cannot really trust BBMP to not screw things up and end up usurping the land for some other purpose. Let them build one small underground parking facilty successfully then one can begin to believe them. In fact, let them build one small over ground parking facility successfully first !
Ramesh
should Mantri mall be the focus?
srinidhi - 7 December, 2010 - 05:43
One of the locations is a ground close to the Mantri mall in malleswaram..
What are we trying to do here? cater to the parking needs of one private establishment? I am not sure if its a good idea..
What if the mall goes bust?
What if another mall comes up and people head there instead of this mall..
What happens when people start using the metro rail to get to the mall..in the next few months?
So the choice where they want to do this parking needs to be thought over very well..
idontspam - 6 December, 2010 - 09:08
I agree, but our trust towards BBMP doing anything right for the city is so abysmal that we wont let them do anything remotely concerned with digging & destroying even if the idea is good
rackstar - 7 December, 2010 - 05:18
i think they are doing this one on pilot basis. depending on success they will implement elsewhere. while they implement in many places one needs to publish it well
murali772 - 7 December, 2010 - 06:42
So, the need is to demand transparency of the processes, and not to continue with the PWD type jobs.
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