PATNA: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to maintain six parks developed by the Bihar Rajya Pool Nirman Nigam (BRPNN) in the city till further arrangements are made. The PMC took three parks under its maintenance on Friday. It will make arrangements for the rest on Monday.
The urban development department has an ambitious plan to develop Patna as a 'city of parks'.
The PMC has started maintaining the parks at S K Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Nagar and Manju Devi Park at Kankarbagh. One gardener has been deputed at each park for beautification and maintenance. Two workers at every park will look after the sanitation till further notification.
The PMC will maintain the six parks till the 'Bihar Park Development and Renovation Policy, 2012' comes into effect and the onus of maintaining these parks is fixed on any agency.
According to PMC commissioner, Pankaj Kumar Pal, the government had allocated Rs 7 crore to the BRPNN for renovation and development of six parks in the city. The BRPNN will float fresh tenders for the maintenance of these parks. Till then, the PMC would maintain them, he said.
Pal said some of the parks were open for visitors while few of them had been closed for lack of fund for maintenance. The gate money collected at the parks would be saved and, later, handed over to the agency to be entrusted with the responsibility to look after them.
Aloknath, a resident of Kankarbagh, said, "Some of the new parks are closed for the visitors due to lack of maintenance. But we hope the government will take some serious steps this time and hand over the responsibility to any agency. New parks are useless unless we get access there."
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