Narela high-security prison work likely to start mid-Feb
NEW DELHI, Jan. 28 -- The Delhi government has awarded the tender for the construction of the city's first high-security prison at Narela last week, and work is likely to start in February, once final clearances are in place, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.
"The tender was awarded to a construction company last week. We are hopeful that the work will begin mid-February," an official said.
The project aims to build a state-of-the-art facility designed to house high-risk prisoners in isolated cells, addressing chronic overcrowding in existing jails across the national capital. The new prison, set to come up on around 40 acres at Tikri Khurd village in Narela, is planned to accommodate 250-300 inmates in individual, highly secur...
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