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Visitors returning to commercial centres, HSVP to auction parking areas
Gurugram: Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) will auction management rights to 26 parking areas across the city from January 15.
Gurugram: Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) will auction management rights to 26 parking areas across the city from January 15.
Officials said that the last auction was held in 2019 and given the slowdown caused by Covid-19 pandemic, the reserved rates are likely to be revised in order to make it viable for the contractors. The areas are auctioned for a year.
HSVP officials said parking contractors have been badly hit due to the pandemic with the number of office-goers and those going to food and entertainment hot spots like sector 29 reducing considerably.
In fact, a large number of contractors, who had successfully bid for parking contracts earlier had asked for a refund or extension of contract period, said officials, adding that the refund option was being considered.
A majority of the parking areas that would be auctioned are located in sectors 29, 32, 38, 39, and 44. These are mostly in commercial sectors and officials said that with business gradually returning to normalcy after the lockdown, there has been an increase in the number of people visiting offices, restaurants and other establishments.
“The commuters are returning and the number of visitors is on the rise. It is the right time to put these parking sites on auction. We will be revaluating the reserved price of these sites to ensure that these remain viable as a business. Covid-19 has caused a slowdown in all aspects of business,” said Vivek Kalia, estate officer, I, HSVP.
Kalia said that there are 13 parking sites for e-auction in sector 29, four in sector 32, three in sector 44 A and few of these are scattered in sectors along Golf Course road. “The reserved prices will be determined on the basis of past trend and locations of these sites. The rates would be rationalised due to the prevailing business conditions. We want the HSVP assets to generate maximum revenue for us and also ensure income can be generated for contractors, who also create jobs,” he said.
HSVP officials also said that open bids would be conducted through the e-auction to ensure free and transparent bidding of these sites.
