NewsID: 83 Author (Muhammad Azhar, Public Relations Officer Dated 21 December 2015
Subject CEO ERA inspects work on 1st Semi-Automatic car parking
CEO ERA inspects work on 1st Semi-Automatic car parking facility at Lal Chowk , Srinagar.
Chief Executive Officer, J&K ERA Shri Vinod Sharma today inspected work on Rs 26.75 Crore state of
art multilevel car parking facility in city centre at lal chowk, which is being executed by J&K Economic
Reconstruction Agency (J&K ERA) under the ongoing JKUSDIP (Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector
Development Investment Programme) funded by ADB (Asian Development Bank). The project includes
the construction of five tier multilevel mechanized semi automatic car parking facility along with three storyed commercial complex comprising of office space and public toilet.
He was informed that 90% of prefabricated mechanical equipments which comprises 70% of the work
have been imported from China and superstructure stand already installed while as presently the
electromechanical pellets are being installed and till date 30 pellets have been positioned in the slots. He also inspected the PLC (Programmed Logic Control Unit) for this facility which has also been imported from China and will be the control unit for operation of the facility.
CEO ERA directed the contractor to expedite the pace of work on installing of ACP (Aluminum
composite paneling). He was accompanied by Shri Basharat Malik, Director Central, J&K ERA, Shri Mir
Mohammad Iqbal, Project Manager, JKUSDIP, J&K ERA and other senior officers of J&K ERA and
consultants.
The project is first of its kind in the state and on completion would provide hassle free parking facility for
about 288 cars in the busy Lal Chowk area .Option of increasing the capacity of this parking facility to
about 1250 cars by merging the adjoining patch of about 14 kanals of land, presently under Ranbir
printing press is also being explored as Ranbir printing press is in process of shifting to their newly constructed office complex at Sempora
Economic Reconstruction Agency 