Rajasthan Housing Board inaugurates City Park in Jaipur | 18 Oct 2022

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On October 17, 2022, Rajasthan Housing Divisional Commissioner Pawan Arora said that the City Park developed by Rajasthan Housing Board at Mansarovar in Jaipur will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on October 21.

Key Point

• The Housing Commissioner said that the work of the first phase of this ambitious project has been completed. In the first phase, the dome-like steel structure of the grand entry plaza built on the middle path, attractive fountain and the largest (213 feet) national flag of Rajasthan and the panoramic Lower Lake in an area of about 2 thousand square meters near it are the main features of this park.
• A 20 feet wide and 3.5 km long jogging track has been built in the park, on which people will be able to enjoy attractive lighting and music while touring.
• A total of 34 work orders worth Rs 61.31 crore were issued for the first phase, against which all these works have been completed with an amount of Rs 54.99 crore.
• Housing Commissioner said that in the second phase, construction of food court on the lines of Fountain Square, V.T. Road, Aravalli Marg and New Sanganer Road, Botanical Garden, Exposition Ground, Jaipur Chowpatty and upper lake works are under construction in an area of 2500 square meters, on whose completion an amount of Rs 58.54 crore is likely to be spent.
• He said that with the construction of this park developed on about 52 acres of land, lakhs of people settled in Mansarovar and its surrounding colonies will get clean air. Here 25 thousand flowering and fruit-bearing plants of 32 different species and about 40 thousand phulwari have been planted. The park has been planted in japanese Miyawaki method.
• The Housing Commissioner said that apart from the inauguration of the City Park, the Chief Minister will also inaugurate 2967 houses constructed in 15 housing schemes of 11 different cities of the state in the program. The allottees will be given possession letters of these houses by the board.
• Most of these houses belong to EWS and LIG category. This will make the dream of the needy class of people's house come true.