Hardeep S Puri lays Foundation Stone of Redevelopment of GPRA Colony at Sri niwas puri (Phase-I), New Delhi

Feb 22,2019

Shri Hardeep S Puri,  Minister of State (I/C), Housing and Urban affairs today laid the Foundation   Stone   of   Redevelopment   of   GPRA   Colony   at Sriniwaspuri (Phase-I),  here in the august presence of Shri Ramesh Bidhuri, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) along with Shri Prabhakar Singh, Director General, CPWD.

General Pool Residential Colony, Sriniwaspuri  at  present  is  having  total  1429  quarters  of different categories, out of which 820 quarters are being demolished in Phase-I. In this   residential   project,   CPWD   will   construct   4994  General   Pool   Residential Accommodation of different categories at a cost of Rs. 3999 crores in two phases. In the first phase, 560 Type-II, 1260 Type-III and 588 Type-IV (total – 2408) dwelling units shall be constructed. Total 42 State of the Art towers with 19 to 26 Storyed structure  shall  be  constructed  at  a  cost  of  1100  crores,  which  shall  comprise  of basement,   three   level   parking   and   social   infrastructure   buildings   including development works and services. The work shall be executed on EPC mode and shall be completed by July 2021. Approx. 50% of the plot area would be developed as green area for enhancing the beauty and ecology of the premises.

Keeping  in  view  the  focus  of  CPWD  on  eco-friendly  development,  CPWD  has carried out a critical review  of  the existing trees  in the premises and it has  been decided that not even a single tree shall be cut and bare minimum trees which are coming in the alignment of building towers will be transplanted within the campus. CPWD has reduced the area of basement under the Towers to avoid transplantation of  large  number  of  trees.  In  addition  to  transplantation  of  trees,  compensatory planation of trees will be carried out in the complex in a big manner.

The   residential   complex   will   have   all   modern   amenities   including   Schools, Dispensary,  Shopping  complex  and  Community halls   etc.  For  expeditious  construction,  new monolithic  construction  technology  shall  be  used  in  the  work.  Eco-friendly  green and energy efficient features shall be used so that construction complies with the three  star  GRIHA  and  Silver  IGBC  Rating.  On  site  solar  power  units  shall  be installed on roof top with 800 KW capacity and power so generated shall be used for common area services. The campus will have sewage treatment plant based on MBBR Technology which shall generate treated waste water of less than 10 BOD and will be used for flushing purposes and horticulture. Surplus treated waste water will  be  supplied  to  adjoining  areas  for  greenery  and  shall  also  be  connected  to unfiltered  water  supply  line  which  will  increase  unfiltered  water  supply  in  other GPRA areas where there is shortage of unfiltered water.

For Solid Waste Management, Organic Waste Composters will be installed to treat solid waste. Rainwater Harvesting system will be provided to recharge the ground water.  Recycled  materials  made  from  C&D  waste  shall  be  used  in  the  works. Demolition of existing structures will be carried out in a systematic and controlled manner and area will be properly barricaded with no disturbance to adjoining areas.
The work shall be executed by the dedicated project team of CPWD Engineers and Architects under the leadership of Chief Project Manager, Redevelopment Project Zone, and work shall be completed within scheduled target with the best quality standards. These flats once completed shall cater to the requirement of providing most comfortable accommodation  to  the  Government  Employees  of  the  Central Government. This residential complex shall be a magnificent blend of Architecture and Engineering.

Shri Puri praised CPWD for their outstanding work and on time delivery of projects in recent past and desired that CPWD should complete this work also in 23-24 Months.  Shri Prabhakar Singh assured that this work shall be completed in two years’ time.