Multi-level parking lot for Chandigarh

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is studying the feasibility of constructing a multi-level parking lot in Sector 17. If approved, it will be a three-storeyed parking with basement and surface parking that will accommodate 1000 cars. Since the site is surrounded by buildings, the civic body has gone in for the study. Its major worry is that the earth should not cave in from digging too deep. Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES), in a recent survey, had found that as against the need for 10,074 equivalent car space (ECS) in the sector, only 6,658 ECS exists. The CMC plans to cover the gap through multi-level parking in the sector.