The Delhi Growth Authority (DDA) has determined to levy an entry price at considered one of its parks in Dwarka to “improve services” and “get partial reimbursement”.
Customers will now must pay Rs 20 as a every day entry price to make use of the Sector 16D DDA park and plantation; they’ll additionally get a month-to-month move for Rs 200. Senior residents must pay half the speed, and foreigners must pay Rs 100. Entry for youngsters (as much as 13 years) is free.
“We’re levying charges solely on parks the place substantial expenditure has been incurred to improve services to present a greater atmosphere to residents and getting partial reimbursement of working bills. Most DDA parks are nonetheless free and residents can select which one they like,” a DDA spokesperson stated.
The spokesperson stated a “deliberate and mischievous politically motivated marketing campaign” is “being engineered by a specific political occasion” in opposition to this transfer.
To make sure, out of DDA’s 771 parks, entry to solely three parks is chargeable. Entry to Baansera and Asita East, each redeveloped parks on Yamuna’s floodplains, grew to become chargeable after redevelopment. 16D Dwarka is the third.
“Furthermore, customers of those parks themselves have expressed satisfaction over charging of those nominal charges because it ensures that entry of anti-social parts, drug addicts and vagabonds is restricted, thereby guaranteeing security,” the spokesperson stated.
“Moreover, charging charges in these aesthetically developed parks will deter distributors coming into the premises, guaranteeing cleanliness,” he added.
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DDA has spent Rs 329.7 crore this monetary yr (as much as January 2025) and Rs 450.07 crore final yr on the upkeep of its parks.
(Devansh Mittal)
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