New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is preparing to float tenders for a four-storey "house-boat convention centre" which people can book in order to host meetings, conferences and dining events, officials aware of the plan said on Thursday.

The "convention facility" is being planned at Baansera on the Yamuna floodplain, a project envisioned as part of lieutenant governor VK Saxena's push to transform the floodplain into an accessible public space, officials said.

Designed entirely in wood to preserve the ecological character of the riverfront, the structure will use no concrete or steel, officials said. Even the piling will be timber-based.

Drawings shared by the agency show a nine-metre-high, four-level facilit...