Plans for laser show at south civic body’s Waste to Wonder Park to draw visitors
NEW DELHI: Visitors to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (SDMC) ‘Waste to Wonder Park’ at Sarai Kale Khan will now be able to enjoy a laser show alongside the replicas of monuments made out of scrap.
“We plan to hold a daily laser show here to make the park more attractive to Delhiites,” said Gyanesh Bharti, SDMC commissioner. This proposal finds mention in the corporation’s budget for financial year 2020-21.
For this, the corporation plans to develop an amphitheatre at the park, which is spread over seven acres in Rajiv Gandhi Smriti Van.
A senior SDMC officer said, “We will soon call tenders for expert groups to hold the show. We envisage it to be colourful and involving story-telling, in view of the large number of children who visit here daily.”
The park, which was created in February 2019, has become a major attraction for visitors and a big source of revenue for SDMC. Around 10,000 people visit it on a daily basis, and since opening, the park has earned ₹5.56 crore of revenue for the cash-strapped SDMC. It features replicas of the ‘seven wonders of the world:’ The Eiffel Tower, Christ the Redeemer, the Statue of Liberty, Roman Colloseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taj Mahal and the Pyramid of Giza, all made of recycled scrap material.
A five tonnes-capacity Wasteto-energy (WTE) plant to deal with the park’s horticulture waste and organic waste that will be produced at a restaurant planned here, is also in the offing.
“About 1000 units of electricity will be generated by the WTE, which will all be used post-evening at the park. This is when we require electricity to illuminate our monument replicas. The power requirement during daytime here is totally negligible,” a senior SDMC official said.
Also, a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) will be built here that will use raw water from a pumping station in Sarai Kale Khan, which will fulfill grass watering needs at the park. “With the establishment of the WTE and STP, the Waste-to-wonder Park will become totally self-sufficient,” he said.
“We are in the process of first removing certain overhead high-tension lines that run over the park. This is being done with the BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL). The lines existed because it was just a green belt earlier, but now, for the purpose of the laser show and safety of visitors, we’ll get them removed,” the senior official said requesting not to be named.