<p>Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister G Parameshwara assured that the multi-level parking facility at Freedom Park will be open to public by the last week of March, 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parameshwara inspected the ongoing work, along with Mayor R Sampath Raj and other Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials, on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project, aimed at providing parking space for 500 four-wheelers and 500 two-wheelers in the CBD, had been in limbo since 2016, as the surface bottom is a rock, forcing workers to drill it out, causing inordinate delay in executing the work. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“This project will be completed by the last week of March 2019 and the work will gain momentum now,” said Parameshwara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has also asked K T Nagaraj, chief engineer of the project, BBMP, to give the same in writing to the BBMP commissioner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked about the delay in work, K T Nagaraj said, “We are using diamond-cutting technology to drill the rock. This technology does not involve use of explosives as it might create vibration and eventually cause trouble to people.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nagaraj also estimated that the complete process of removing the rock will take two-three months and the remaining work will be completed within the stipulated period. He said that the drilled rock will be given to the Mines and Geological Department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Interestingly, the partially complete project was inaugurated in March this year, by former chief minister Siddaramaiah.</p>
<p>Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister G Parameshwara assured that the multi-level parking facility at Freedom Park will be open to public by the last week of March, 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parameshwara inspected the ongoing work, along with Mayor R Sampath Raj and other Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials, on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project, aimed at providing parking space for 500 four-wheelers and 500 two-wheelers in the CBD, had been in limbo since 2016, as the surface bottom is a rock, forcing workers to drill it out, causing inordinate delay in executing the work. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“This project will be completed by the last week of March 2019 and the work will gain momentum now,” said Parameshwara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has also asked K T Nagaraj, chief engineer of the project, BBMP, to give the same in writing to the BBMP commissioner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked about the delay in work, K T Nagaraj said, “We are using diamond-cutting technology to drill the rock. This technology does not involve use of explosives as it might create vibration and eventually cause trouble to people.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nagaraj also estimated that the complete process of removing the rock will take two-three months and the remaining work will be completed within the stipulated period. He said that the drilled rock will be given to the Mines and Geological Department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Interestingly, the partially complete project was inaugurated in March this year, by former chief minister Siddaramaiah.</p>