Multi-faceted Bharat Vandana Park of DDA- Foundation stone laid

Dec 17,2019

Shri Amit Shah, Union Home Minister today laid the foundation stone of Bharat Vandana Park at Sector 20, Dwarka in the presence of Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (I/C),  Shri Anil Baijal, LG of Delhi, Shri Manoj Tiwari, MP, Shri Pravesh Sahib Singh, MP& Shri Tarun Kapoor, Vice Chairman, DDA.  He expressed confidence that the 40 lakh residents of Delhi will be able to get the ownership rights for their properties very soon as the online portal has already been made operational and thousands of people have already registered online.  Shri Hardeep S.Puri, MOS(I/C), MoHUA during his address said that the Bharat VandanaPark, built over 200 acres and costing INR 524 crore, is anchored in PrimeMinister Modi’s promise of providing each urban citizen of this country ‘Ease of Living’ and to accord them all the necessities that are part of an urban life. “Weare determined to build this facility for Dwarka’s residents by March 2022, theyear we will celebrate 75 years of independence and usher in a New India”, he added. 

            Shri Puri further said that the Bharat Vandana Park is yet another step taken by Prime Minister Modi’s government to making Delhi a world-class metropolis. From increased connectivity through the Metro, to providing agency over their homes by regulating unauthorized colonies; by building modern apartments in Kathputli colony to ensuring the city is clean and conforms to the objectives of the Swachh Bharat Mission – Prime Minister Modi’s government is changing the face of the city. The day is not too far when Delhi competes with some of the most advanced cities for the tag of the best city in the world, he added.

         Some of the features of this parkare :-

• Site Connectivity

• 15 km from IGI Airport
• 300 m from Dwarka Sec-9 metro station
• 1.5 km from upcoming India International Convention & Expo Centre, Dwarka

• Master plan percentage area distribution

• Greens                                          -           58%
• Water bodies                                -           11%
• Impermeable paved area                       -           4%
• Permeable paved            area                -           20%
• HDPE greens                               -           6%
• Built up area                                 -           1%

1. Benefits of the Project:

The following potential benefits of urban parks are included:

• Human health and wellbeing, i.e. positive impacts of parks and park use on human health (both mental and physical) and wellbeing, either through direct or indirect effects such as recreation and leisure activities.
• Social cohesion / identity: the role of urban parks in strengthening social ties, relations and cohesion.
• Tourism: leisure visits outside of the own living or working environment, typically longer term stays. Apart from potentially promoting the health and wellbeing of visitors, tourism is also of interest due to its contributions to the local economy.
• Biodiversity: the role of parks in harboring and promoting biodiversity, and species diversity in particular. Biodiversity has a direct link to human wellbeing (e.g., through nature experience), while it also provides an important base for ecosystem functioning and thus a range of ecosystem services
• Educational benefits: Parks are increasingly used as an outdoor classroom for school subjects such as environmental studies and provide valuable venues for research projects. As a result, they can help rekindle the relationship between urban residents and the natural world.
• Environmental and Ecological Benefits: Urban green protects soils and moderates harsh urban climate for example by cooling the air, reducing wind speed and giving shade. Healthy environments lead to healthy economies and societies. Parks are pollution ameliorators and help counter the pollution. Acts as physical filters helping to reduce air pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. They also help in reducing the rate of ozone production and in capturing dusts and volatile organic compounds.

Parks and other green spaces make important contributions to groundwater recharge and have substantially lower surface water runoff rates

2. Master Plan Zoning

The park has been conceptualized by dividing the site into different areas (zones) each having its own function and special elements as detailed below:

• Congregational Area

      A large green space that can be used for various activities. Primarily this area consists of cultural ground, paved plaza, food court, toilet block, café restaurant.

• Recreational zone

      Recreational zone can be used for various cultural activities like concerts, shows etc. This zone primarily consist of amphitheater, pavilion, food courts, viewing deck, Special elements of wall of India also stands adjacent to the amphitheaters.

• Eco-Trail zone

      This zone consists of Tree walk which is a special feature of the park. These are walkways that are attached to the trunks of the trees .The walkways are supported at different levels to have a closer look at the nature.

      Eco-trail consist of pedestrian eco-trail/Tree walk, Green zone, also wall of India lies adjacent to this zone

• Eco-forest

      This is a dense green zone. Primarily this zone consists of Herbal Vatika meant as display garden for medicinal plants.

• Conservatory

      This zone consists of conservatory glass domes in which plants are kept in controlled environment.

• Fun Park

This area is specially designed for kids and their activities. This zone primarily consists of kids play area, boulder garden, VR gaming zone.

• Adventure Park

      This zone pertains to activities like zip line that can be enjoyed by the visitors. Zip-line consists of a pulley suspended on a cable. It is designed to enable person propelled by gravity to travel from top to bottom of the inclined cable.

• Lake View Restaurant

      This area consists of five numbers lake view restaurants. Other water features shall also be provided to have beautiful view while dining at these lake view restaurants

• Mini India

      Mini-India is conceptualized to outline the heritage of India. Mini India will have reproductions of various famous monuments of different Indian states to be built at a miniature scale 1:25. Other features of this segment will be Landscape Park of some states, crafts bazaar, Mini India boating canal etc.

• Central VandanaSarovar

      This central sarovar acts as focal points for the park. Viewing deck around the sarovar shall be provided.

3. Others Important Features of the park
4. Iconic Pylons 45 metre high          -           9 nos Pylons & skywalk approx 1000m

All pylons shall have ramps, and 3 nos pylons shall have staircase and lifts.

2. Gate complex                                    -           3 nos

(Comprising of ticketing plaza, waiting lobby,

toilet blocks, admin office, cloak room service room)

3. Approx 58% of area shall be green and it is proposed to plant approx 9400 trees of different species.
4. Sufficient number of parking is proposed all along the site, approx number are as follows

• 4 wheeler                                 -           1634 Nos
• 2 wheeler                                 -           250 Nos
• Bus parking                             -           20 Nos

5. Approx 11% of the area shall be water bodies/lakes. Boating facilities is also envisaged
6. Golf Cart for inside circulation
7. Water management strategy

• The treated effluent majorly for horticulture and lakes shall be provided by Delhi Jal Board from the nearest STP located at Sector 16 D Dwarka.
• Potable water shall be provided by Delhi Jal Board.

Confirmation for both had been given by DJB.

• Also total 4 nos STP of capacity 200 KLD each is proposed at site to treat in house sewage from the BVP.
• Non potable water for  domestic purposes shall be met from treated water from proposed STP at BVP site
• Extensive rain water harvesting is proposed at site.Four nos of rain water UG storage tanks of approx capacity 1 crore Litre for collecting the yearly runoff. These stored water shall be used for lakes.

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