Pragati Maidan set for facelift, will be revamped into world-class convention centre by 2019

The home to national and international exhibitions - Delhi's Pragati Maidan - is set to get a makeover, which will be complete by August 2019.

The India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) has decided to redevelop the complex into a world-class state-of-the-art exhibitioncum-convention centre.

"Detailed planning and clearance from all departments concerned are expected to be completed by the first week of June, and if all goes well, we will start constructions from the first week of July," ITPO CMD LC Goyal said.

WHAT ARE THE PLANS

As per plan, ITPO, in association with NBCC, will construct 17 halls in the first phase and seven in the second phase, apart from adequate parking lots, good connectivity with roads surrounding the complex at an estimated cost of Rs 2,254 crore. The arrangement of funds



will be done by ITPO and loans from different banks. The exhibition segment of the integrated centre shall comprise seven modern halls with pre-function areas and exhibition space of one lakh square metres. Besides that, there will also be an open exhibition space in 15 acres with four open amphitheatres. The complex will also have walkways, canopies and skywalk connecting Pragati Maidan metro station.

"The Pragati Maidan complex will be developed as a latest architectural design, along with basement parking facility of 4,800 vehicles and comprehensive traffic decongestion interventions. The convectional centre will be 32.4 metres tall," Goyal said. The project has provision to deal with traffic congestions smoothly. It has introduced traffic interventions for better access that will also benefit general people.