Manasarovar Nature Park - submitted for PMs award for Urban Planning and Design

A nature park developed on the outskirts of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, visualized and implemented by Shri. K Mangapathi Rao IAS, during his tenure as Vice Chairman, VGTMUDA (Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali, Mangalagiri, Urban Development Authority).

1. MANASAROVAR NATURE PARK
At Guntur, A.P.
Presented for
Prime Minister’s Award for excellence in
Urban Planning & Design
Concept, Layout, Structural
design, Architecture,
Supervision, and Photography
by
Sri K. Mangapathi Rao IAS,
Vice Chairman VGTUDA.
Inaugurated on April 26
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, 1999.
Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali Urban Development Authority.

2. WATER WORKS
DEER PARK
EXISTING TANK
WATCH
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ELEVATED FOUNTAIN
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SCALE: 1”= 264’.0”
LAYOUT OF
MANASAROVAR NATURE PARK, GUNTUR
EXTENT: Ac 53.00cents.

3. OBJECTIVES:
•To develop a park while retaining existing
green natural ambient habitat.
•To develop water bodies inside and outside
site as habitat for aquatic wild life and to
create bird watching facilities.
•Maximum cost-effective design and
execution of civil works.
•To use the structural advantage and
aesthetics of arches and domes for cost
effectiveness
•Harmonize use of traditional and modern
materials and technologies in construction.

4. FEATURES:
•Ac. 53 within Guntur Municipality abutting NH-5.
•Water logged land with black cotton soil.
•3,000 trees of impenetrable jungle planted in l992.
•Perennial tank (daily inflow of 10 lac ltrs wash
water) with Ac.10.00 waterspread area and island
of Ac.2.30.
•Habitat for about 50 species of endemic and
migratory water birds.
•Group of three tanks with thousands of painted
storks, Black Ibises etc., located 3 KMs away.
•Beautiful nature with water bodies, greenary,
wild life and ambient atmosphere in highly
populated and congested Municipal
Corporation.

5. BUILDING TECHNOLOGY:
•The major hurdle in construction is water logged
BC soil.
•Load on soil is reduced using hollow bricks and
avoiding R.C.C. to maximum extent.
•RCC pillar-beam construction avoided.
•20 feet long piles with bulbs for foundation and
TSection plinth beams.
•Entrance and exit building walls with hollow bricks
laid in rat trap method. For additional strength
and stability, 6” square concrete pillars were built
into the wall.

6. Entrance
Cost : Conventional – Rs. 50 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 11.78 lakhs

7. Pylon & Entrance

8. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 25 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 5 lakhs
Exit

9. Masonary Foot Bridge
Cost : Line Estimate – Rs. 90 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 1.45 lakhs
Watch Tower – Semi-Prefab
Cost : Line Estimate – Rs. 50 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 1.69 lakhs

11. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs
Elevated Fountain

12. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs
Elevated Fountain (Under Construction)

13. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs
Elevated Fountain – Supporting Structure Below

14. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs
Elevated Fountain – With Fountain On

15. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 1.0 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.8 lakhs
Log House

16. Cost of Each: Conventional – Rs. 1.5 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.4 lakhs
Public Toilets – Men & Women

17. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 30 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 4 lakhs
Boat House (Jetty Building – Front View)

18. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 30 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 4 lakhs
Boat House (Jetty Building) – Jetty View
Cost : Conventional – Rs. 12 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 1.8 lakhs
FRP Twin Keeled Boat with OB Motor

19. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 19 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 9.14 lakhs
Boating Channel

20. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 0.5 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.3 lakhs
Machan House

21. View from Watch Tower

23. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 60 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 8 lakhs
Canteen

24. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 0.6 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.2 lakhs
Sit-Out

30. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 4 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.8 lakhs
Aviary

31. Deer Park

32. Development Cost : Rs. 10 lakhs
Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary ( 3 km )

33. Manasarovar Park At Night

34. Twilight at Manasarovar Park

35. Cost : Conventional – Rs. 2 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.3 lakhs
Rest House (Built by NMRs)

36. Dancing Fountain
Cost : Conventional – Rs. 3 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 2.3 lakhs

39. Inauguration Pylon

40. Sunset on Uppalapadu Sanctuary

41. Cost Efficiency (Rs. In Lakhs)
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Item
Construction Cost
Savings
ConventionalActuals
1Entrance Complex 50 .00 11.78 38.22
2Exit Complex 25 .00 5.00 20.00
3Watch Tower 25 .00 1.69 23.31
4Canteen 60 .00 8.00 52.00
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Masonary Foot
Bridge
50 .00 1.45 48.55
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RCC Bridge for
vehicles
80 .00 2.50 77.50
7
RCC Pedestrian
Bridge
50 .00 2.50 47.50
8Elevated Fountain 35 .00 12.20 22.80

42. Cost Efficiency (Rs. In Lakhs)
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Item
Construction Cost
Savings
ConventionalActuals
9Sit-Outs (4) 2.40 0.80 1.60
10Boating Channel 19 .00 9.14 9.86
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Deepening and
improvements to Tank
21 .00 10.17 10.83
12Cottages 25 .00 3.00 22.00
13Boat House 30.00 4.00 26.00
14Pylon 8.00 0.80 7.20
15Consultancy (5%) 20.00 0.00 20.00
TOTAL 500.40 73.03 427.37
Contd….
Inaugurated on 26.05.1999
Total Actual Cost incl. Roads, Plantations etc. Rs. 1.68 Crores
Returns @ Rs. 5/- per head Rs. 0.50 Crores p.a.