NEW DELHI: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday approved the project for restoration of the Gole Market area.
Pending since 2006 due to various litigations, lieutenant governor V K Saxena inspected the site on June 16 and directed officials to immediately start work on getting the required permissions to start restoration of the heritage building at the earliest and parallelly revamp the surrounding area.
"The theme of the museum will be decided by the council. The council has given an in-principle approval for the restoration project at an estimated cost of Rs 26.7 crore," said an NDMC official. The infrastructure comprises rehabilitation and conservation of Gole Market and redevelopment of the surrounding area, construction of a service block and a subway between the service block and the Gole Market building. The initial cost of the project was Rs 6 crore.
"The project includes civil work, interior restoration, upgradation, interior work, plumbing work, electrical, lighting fixtures (internal & external), firefighting work, etc. Its salient features also include a glass dome roof structure at the central courtyard, recasting of floor level, insulated roof structure, including false ceiling, central airconditioning system, ornamental fitting and fixtures, a subway and lifts, etc," stated the proposal.
