Correctional complex to come up in Delhi
New Delhi, July 4 -- The Delhi government will construct a new integrated correctional complex for juvenile boys in northwest Delhi's Alipur at an estimated budget of Rs.77.35 crore project, officials said on Wednesday. The facility is expected to ease the burden on the Capital's overcrowded juvenile homes and will be completed over a period of 21 months, they said.
The complex will feature two main blocks - one housing a children's home and the other the Juvenile Justice Board. It is expected to accommodate around 200 to 250 boys.
A senior public works department (PWD) official said the project will be executed by PWD on behalf of the department of women and child development (WCD). "The integrated complex will include a six-storey children's home with a basement, and a double-storey block for the Juvenile Justice Board. Each floor of the children's home will have dedicated spaces for dormitories, classrooms, a library, recreation, counselling rooms, and kitchens," the official said.
The facility will also feature multilevel stack parking, a sewage treatment plant, internal roads, an electrical substation, surveillance systems, and firefighting equipment. "It will be a self-contained unit and one of the most advanced correctional facilities in Delhi," the official added....
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