The Capital is about to get its first multimedia excessive tech library, the JP Narayan library at Mandir Marg by March subsequent yr, officers from the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) mentioned, including that ₹14.6 crore has been sanctioned for the venture.
The library missed its August 2024 completion goal. (HT Archive)
The library building has missed its August 2024 completion goal resulting from added specs and the venture price was additionally ₹6.8 crore on the time of commissioning.
Kuljeet Chahal, NDMC vice chairman, mentioned: “The construction of the JPN library will create a space for learning, fostering intellectual growth, and access to information in the NDMC area. The under-construction library consists of a three storey structure with lifts and a multipurpose hall on the ground floor and library halls on the first and second floors.” At a gathering on December 18, the council sanctioned further funds for finishing the civil work, furnishings, and fire-fighting works.
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The civic physique mentioned that the three-storeyed construction, with a complete space of two,250 sqm (750 sqm on every flooring), could have provision for 30,000 books and a sitting capability of 200 individuals. Whereas the work on constructing the construction is accomplished, it’s going to take one other 4-5 months to make the power totally operational.
There can be a multipurpose auditorium and inexperienced room — for use by college students of Navyug College — on the bottom flooring. On the primary flooring, there can be a youngsters exercise space with board video games, clay actions, colouring, and portray actions for 12 children apart from the sitting house.
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NDMC officers mentioned that the venture was conceptualized by the union ministry of tradition which had requested the NDMC for building of JP Narayan library close to Birla Mandir. NDMC had submitted a conceptual report back to Ministry of Tradition in 2014. Central Public Works Division (CPWD) gave ₹2.16 crore of the fund to NDMC in February 2016 for building of the power whereas the stability is borne by NDMC.
An NDMC official mentioned that the preliminary venture estimate was ready based mostly on plinth space charges of 2012, and the work was awarded in 2020. “Moreover, at the time of the award of work, the amount of GST was 12% of the amount of work done, while in 2021, the GST rate increased to 18%,” the official mentioned.