Tajbagh beautification: Phase 1 completed, NMRDA awaits Rs 95.87 crore for phase 2
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Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project.
Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring.
According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore administrative approval, out of which the agency received Rs 128.95 crore, while Rs 3.54 crore is pending. Out of the received funds, NIT spent Rs 127.50 crore and almost completed the works, with some work on the shopping complex and sandal room still pending.
"Excluding the works on the encroached land, all other development works have been completed and handed over to the Hazrat Baba Tajuddin Trust. The inauguration of the project took place in November 2022. Subsequently, encroachment on the project land was removed, and the Hazrat Baba Tajuddin Trust made the land available. Accordingly, a tender for the remaining work was floated, and a work order for Rs 5.49 crore was issued to the contractor in October 2023.
The deadline for completion of the work is set for March 2025, but it is still under way," said NMRDA sources.
The proposal for the approval of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) Phase 2, worth Rs 224 crore, was submitted to the planning department in December 2022. NIT sources said that the proposal was approved in the district-level committee meeting held in March 2024. It was then forwarded to the govt for a final approval.
The high-powered committee, in its meeting in March 2025, approved the revised proposal amounting to Rs 95.18 crore, which includes 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the Rs 66.58 crore plan, along with 25% for other related components.
NIT sources said that several components from the earlier proposal were dropped, including the entry gate on Umred Road, shopping complex, auditorium, e-library, housing scheme, and others. "Some of the important works approved included a boundary wall around the trust's 84-acre land, toilets, and decoration of the wall near the main Dargah, which will be done in the second phase after receiving funds from the govt," said sources.
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