HMRL's Multi-Level Car Parking Complex Nearing Completion

HMRL's fully automated and computerized Multi-Level Car Parking (MLP) works are nearing completion, and HMRL MD N V S Reddy inspected the works on Sunday.

Being developed as a PPP project, the 15-floor MLP complex is the first of its kind in India, with a German Palis parking system.

Built on half-an-acre of HMRL land near the Nampally Metro Station, the complex has 10 parking floors and five commercial floors. Out of the total built up area of 1,44,400 sft, 68% is for parking of about 250 four-wheelers and 200 two-wheelers. The remaining 32% will be used as commercial space for shops and a film theatre with two screens.

Bhari Infra Pvt Ltd has developed the "ultra-modern" MLP complex at a cost of Rs 80 crore with a concession period of 50 years. The project suffered delays due to the Covid impact, debt financing problems, global supply chain disruptions etc. All the imported materials have now arrived and are being fixed as a jigsaw puzzle by experts, said N V S Reddy.

The MLP complex uses state-of-the-art automated parking technology. On the ground floor of the complex there are four "In or Out" (I/O) terminals fitted with turntables. The driver of a vehicle can simply leave the car on the turntable of the designated I/O terminal. As a vehicle enters the MLP, the user/driver will be given a smart card, while regular users will be issued permanent RFID cards. The user/driver will be guided to the assigned I/O terminal, and as he swiped the smart card in the card reader, the gate of the I/O terminal will open and the user can conveniently leave the car on the turn table.

The MD advised the developers of the MLP Dr Hari Kishen Reddy, a technocrat entrepreneur, and Bhavana Reddy to complete the finishing works early and start the trial runs by next month.