The board of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) on Wednesday cleared the proposal to award the contract for an amusement park on the bank of
Sakkardara lake to M/s Amardeep Resorts Ltd, a subsidiary of Centre Point group of hotels. The project will be executed on public private partnership (PPP) basis. It is expected to be complete in three months.
NIT chairman Sanjay Mukherjee said that the NIT has constructed 63 huts on two acre land opposite the ten acre Sakkardara garden. It has also done some landscaping around the huts. The operator has to develop multi-cuisine restaurant, shops selling antiques, artefacts, jewellery, gems, etc and a fun zone with Bollywood as theme. The operator will have co-branding rights for the fun zone.
Mukherjee said that NIT already has a toy train, horse and camel rides, shooting zone and an open air restaurant in the garden. Boating facilities are available in the lake. "Once the amusement park is complete, Sakkardara lake will become the most happening spot of the city. A family can spend the entire day on a picnic."
The civic agency is also doing beautification of Telangkhedi lake. It has already expanded the promenade along the lake.
Meanwhile, the tender for upgradation of Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) was to be opened on December 30 but had to be postponed due to the board meeting. As chairman Mukherjee is on leave on Thursday, the tender would be opened on Friday, NIT sources said.