This project revolved around understanding the state of built form, services, and parking in Central Business District Nehru Place, New Delhi and need for regeneration.

1. Introduction- Nehru Place
One of the primary reasons behind the development of Nehru Place as a CBD:
• Decongest in Chandni Chowk and Connaught Place.
• Originally called Kalkaji complex and was established in 1969 as a local community
centre.
• In 1990’s it was renamed as Nehru Place.
Nehru Place planned by Delhi Development Authority (DDA), located on a site of 96
acres was biggest and one of the first 15 district centres built in the mid seventies as per
the Delhi Master Plan 1961.It functioned as regional commercial, financial and business
hub on a major scale. Today, it is one of the Asia’s largest IT hubs. It is a conflux of
formal and informal labour which brings around 1,30,000 people daily from all corners
of Delhi.
Nehru Place
Nehru Place
Metro Station
Kalkaji Metro
Station
LalaLajpathRaiMarg
Outer Ring road
CBD is a Central Business
District, which have been
playing a key role in driving
the nation’s economy for past
few decades. Majority of
Indian cities are distressed
due to inadequate investment
in basic infrastructure, lack
of maintenance of buildings
and overloading. High rental
and high operating cost. So
revival of these spaces is
important.
Why Retrofitting
For reviving a CBD one of the measures taken can be retrofitting. Retrofitting is
planning in the existing area to make is liveable and efficient. As land parcels are scarce
in prominent location of India’s Business Districts, now is the right time to revamp them
in order to stay in business and meet the need of aspirational Indian Businesses.

2. • Satyam Cineplex 12 yrs old,
with Food outlet at ground floor.
• Inadequate Car parking space
within building resulting into
encroachment on road.
Built Form
• IFCI – Financial tower 19 storey , 76 mt.
high, 20 yrs old.
•Rent rs 2422/ month -including electricity and
maintenance charges.
• Car parking 5000/ month per car.
76 mt
15 mt 64mt
25 mt
2
5
m
t
18 mt
25 mt 25 mt
25 mt 25 mt
Commercial
Parking
Green cover
• Eros Tower – IT led 16 storey ,
64 mt. high &14 yrs old,
•car capacity – 1000, 50 – buses.
• Office space only on lease.
• Central Air Condition.
•Variation in Storey’s of
building – G+6 and G + 8
•Commercial building – 9
storey,
• Extension of Balconies till main façade of
building.
•Commercial office
space – 9 storey high.
•With shopping arcade
at 1st 2 levels.
• Storm water
pipes of buildings
flows in open.
• Negligence of
maintenance.
Refer Annexure
I Fig.4
• Commercial office space – 7 storey
high with basements. Refer Annexure I
Fig.5
• Commercial office space in Nehru Place :
Maintenance rate of 4 to 6 rs per sqft.
• Corporate towers have 18 to 25 rs per sqft.
With 100 buildings altogether.
• Old and run down infrastructure falls short for
current footfall, viz toilets , lifts, drinking water
facilities.
• Negligence
towards
maintenance of
painting of main
façade. Refer
Annexure I Fig.4.
Land Use Layout
• Lack of hoarding and
signage's results in confusion
for direction regarding a place.
• Rose Building – 7
storey
• no fire fighting system
in the buildings
surrounding the plaza.
• Ignorance towards
maintenance of
common infrastructure
• Refer Annexure I
Fig.1.
•Parking
for 1000
cars.
Refer
Annexur
e I Fig.2.
• MLCP
Refer Annexure I Fig.3.
25 mt
Dustbin
Dustbin

3. Solid Waste Management
• Collected food waste is
dumping in front of
dhalao .
• Inside of dhalao is
occupied by rag pickers
and segregates recyclable
waste .
• workers are not
practicing safety norms
of SWM Rules 2016 .
• Toilet Entrances are
blocked with illegal parking.
• People are not interested
to access to toilets.
• No proper maintenance of
public toilets.
• Due to Insufficient water
supply for the toilets, they
produce bad odour.
• Hawkers and visitors are dumping
waste on the opened Manholes.
• Blocking sewerage lines.
• People are burning waste on site
• Worker collecting waste
which is dumped open on
site . (Annexure III, fig 5 )
• Lack of social conscious
on surroundings making
Nehru place in pedestrian
zone worst.(Annexure III,
fig 4).
• Dustbins are not
accessible due to parking
zone (Annexure III, fig 6).
• Hawkers are dumping waste on
adjacent land, which is for future
development.
• Site turned into Unhygienic landfill
with bad odour.
• Lack in Number of dustbins,
according to the footfall of the place.
SDMC workers
clean the
dustbins around
8 to 10 times a
day which is not
sufficient as
compared to the
amount of
visitors per day.
Dhalao
Paid Toilet
Free Toilet
Dustbin

4. Transportation
• 130,000 individuals
visits Nehru Place daily
• 93% of the visitors
coming from a distance
more than 2km
• Non-motorized mode of
transit : 0.3%
• Public Transit : 56%
• Private Transit : 43.7%
• Introduction of metro,
north of the complex in
2002, connecting Nehru
Place with the violet
line resulted in an
increase in footfall
• Underground magenta
line do not meet the
violet line, rather cuts
diagonally outside
Need for more Mobility Plan
Poor basic pedestrian infrastructure, inadequate public
transportation facilities and cheap parking rates encourage private
mode of transit
Public transport drop-off and pick up points are at the periphery of
the complex and no designated auto and taxi stands
Reason for preference to private transit mode :
On ground
parking
Multi-level
parking
Parking Rates
Absence of separate designated two wheeler and four wheeler parking results in
chaotic parking.
• Designed for
5500 ECS but
due to increased
demand now
requires approx.
6621 ECS
• Results in
chaotic parking
and illegal
parking spots
To tackle parking issue
DDA has proposed a
MLPC
Absence of zebra crossing
on the main road.
The existing MLCP by
EROS Corporate is not of
much help
Encroachment of
the footpaths by
street vendors and
illegal parking
spots contribute to
congestion
(Annexure III, fig
1)
Convenience for visitors to
park in the outer
roads(Annexure III, fig 2)
and dilapidated inner roads
and footpath parking leads
to parking issues(Annexure
III, fig 2).
Designated free
spaces inside the
complex also act as
parking areas

5. • Hawkers on the main
at the turning blocking
the traffic flow.
• Water clogging in
front of Satyam on the
main which is 26m
wide.
External Environment
• Epicure and Metro Station in
Nehru Place acts as a catalyst.
• It has increased the footfall of the
place.
• Epicure has also act as an
hangout place for young crowd,
making this part of the place
lively at night also.
Circulation plan
Pedestrian
circulation
Vehicle/loading
autos circulation
• The footpath and
the pathway are
broken and filled
with water and
waste.
• Circulation paths all
around are broken.
Refer annexure IV,
fig 4.
• Due to all the shops
and footfall there
are informal
businesses that have
come up. Refer
annexure IV, fig 3.
Hawkers have been given permission by the
High Court, who are capturing all the open
space in the plaza and creating congestion.
Refer annexure IV, fig 5.
• Garbage is spread all around the footpath
making it difficult for the people to walk.
Refer annexure IV, fig 2.
• The drain water is flowing on the road all
around the place. Refer annexure IV, fig 1
There is lack
of street
furniture all
around the
plaza.
• Lack of open
spaces as they are
used for parking.
• There is no
provision for
physically abled
people as they
have barricades on
all the entry points
• There is also no
street lights for the
vendors and no
smart lighting
provision.
• Cars are also parked
after the water
blocking the road.
Absence of adequate
street lights creates
dark spots around
the plaza area,
mainly on the
pathways leading to
main road.
Dark spots

6. Check List: Annexure I
BUILT FORM:
• Height of Building
• Use of Building
• Age of buildings
• No. of Buildings
• Lifts/Staircase
• Toilet & Water Connection
• Availability of electricity 24/7
• Ventilation and Centralised air conditioning
• Maintenance Charges
• Structural Maintenance of external Façade
• Painting of External Façade and how often?
• Repair work of building externally and
internally?
• Maintenance of common areas – lobby and
corridors
• Footprint of all buildings (tentative)
• Occupancy rate
• Buildings safety and security
• Energy efficiency mechanism
• Tenant profile
• Fire fighting systems
• Plumbing system
• Physical attributes
• Rainwater drainage
• Compliance with Building regulations
TRANSPORTATION
No of bus stops
No of taxi drop off and pick up points
No of auto stands
No of ground parking
No of multi-level car parking
Two wheeler parking charges per hour
Four wheeler parking per hour
No of public and private parking space
Adequacy of parking space
Illegal parking spots
Nearest metro
Accessibility to metro
Foot over bridges
Zebra crossings to cross the roads
Dependency on private transportation
Traffic congestion in peak hours
Provisions for pedestrians
Provisions for cycling
Last mile connectivity from public transport
(catalyst)
Adequacy of parking space
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT:
• Hawkers activity effect on the place.
• Effect of epicure (catalyst)
• Effect of metro on the plaza area (catalyst)
• How safe is the place at night (marking of
dark spots)
• External and internal lighting
• Open spaces in the vicinity
• Green spaces in the vicinity
• Street furniture is any
• Congestion in the place
• Condition of the footpaths
• Condition of the vehicular pathways
• Conditions of the steps/slopes
• Provision for physically abled
• Is there any water clogging / waste problem
on the road.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Type of waste generation
Recyclable waste (retail and commercial )
Is there any separation of waste
Number of waste bins as per waste
management 2016 rules bench marks
Number of dhaalo’s.
No of times waste collection in a day.
No of working group engaged in waste
collecting activities.
Average waste generation in a day.
No of time a truck to collect waste at dhaalo
Enforcement of any laws under SWM in the CBD
vicinity.
More notified problem areas
REFERENCE:
• abhishek kiran gupta. (n.d.). Retrofitting India’s Central Business Districts. JLL
• alok b shriram. (2016). Transforming central business districts Taking the smart route. Pwc
• Challenges of Solid Waste Management in the Central Business District of the City of Gweru in
Zimbabwe.
• Nehru place needs to be completely re-planned and upgraded, www.businessworld.in
• foundation, S. s. (2015). Nehru Place- place making project.
• ICLEI. (2014). Redevelopment and Regeneration project of Nehru Place District Centre.

7. Built Form : Annexure II
Figure 4Figure 2
Figure 1
Figure 3
Figure 5

8. Transport and Solid Waste Management- Annexure III
Figure 2 Figure 3Figure 1
Transportation and Parking
Solid Waste Management
Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

9. External Environment: Annexure IV
Figure 1
Figure
3
Figure 2
Figure 4
Figure 5