2.5 acres of fun... South corpn to run Dwarka adventure park in PPP mode

NEW DELHI: South Delhi Municipal Corporation will run the woodland adventure park for children in public-private partnership mode. The children’s park, which is spread over 2.5 acres, is being developed in Dwarka Sector-19. It will be the second such park after a similar GK-1 facility.
Bids have been invited to hire a private company for maintenance and operation of the park.The basic development work has been completed at the site, while toy train, rope climbing, rock climbing, tree decks and some other facilities/features will be developed by the private agency.
Kamaljeet Sehrawat, former mayor of the south corporation and councillor of Dwarka-B 38-S ward, said that the project was conceived three years back and the municipal corporation had initially decided to develop the park on its own. “We did not have a financial crisis back then. We have completed 40% work on the development of green area and slides. But now, we have decided to rope in a private concessionaire to develop features like mechanical rides, toy trains, etc,” she added.
Sehrawat stated that this park would be an advanced version of the Nandan Van park developed in Greater Kailash. “There is currently no park in Delhi with features like toy trains for kids,” she claimed. The work on the adventure park is likely to be completed in six months, the former mayor said.
Th park is located right next to Vardhman Mall. The novel coronavirus pandemic has also delayed the work on this park.
The overall cost for development of the park was earlier estimated to be Rs 90 lakh. The project to install a toy train with tracks alone was likely to incur costs of around Rs 15 lakh. The train will have five coaches with capacity to take five children in each coach.
With Appu Ghar now closed, Nandan Van parks will serve as mini-amusement parks for toddlers and kids. People pay a nominal entry fee at the Nandan Van facility of GK and a similar model will be followed in the Dwarka park too, said an official.
The bids for Dwarka’s woodland adventure park will be finalised by August-end.