Nagpur : In a major development that could change city’s landscape, MahaMetro Nagpur and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for construction of ‘Metro Mall’ on Orange City Street, next to Jai Prakash Nagar Metro Station.
The MoU was signed by MahaMetro managing director Brijesh Dixit and municipal commissioner Abhijit Bangar at Metro House. Considering quality and pace of its work, MahaMetro Nagpur has already been assigned some of city’s major projects, including including development of road opposite Nagpur railway station and Futala Lake.
The Metro Mall is the first step towards development of city’s famed Orange City Street Project. Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari had recently publicly appreciated MahaMetro’s work and asked it to be a part of Orange City Street Project.
The mall, once completed, is expected to attract many commercial establishments and also other utility projects on the stretch of land adjoining it. The mall has been conceptualized by NMC and will come up on street connecting Wardha Road and Jaitala.
As per the MoU, NMC will hand over the land to Metro well in time for execution of the work. Metro would hand over the mall to NMC soon after the construction is over. The ownership of the mall would lie with the civic body.
Most importantly, the proposed mall and Jai Prakash Nagar Metro Station will be inter-connected on the third floor. The mall is proposed on 3,308.767 square metres land. The total built-up area would be 10,005.83 sq m. It will be an eight storey structure and 45 metres in height.
There will be the huge parking space in two basements where at a time visitors can keep 49 cars, 98 scooters and bicycles each The project has been titled ‘Development of Metro Mall on Plot 1 of Orange City Street Project, adjacent to Jai Prakash Nagar Metro Station, on Deposit Work Basis”.
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