DDA deputes private players for theme parks

In order to build theme parks across the national capital, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has decided to develop some of its district parks as theme-based urban parks for which the land-owning agency has invited expression of interest from private firms. Officials said that these parks will be developed matching international standards on self-sustaining financial model. The nodal agency has hundreds of big and small parks, but at present, it just focuses on greenery, and since most of the parks are near residential colonies, it is important to make them more attractive so that more people use them and that since it is a first-of-its-kind initiative, DDA officials said that a final plan for development of urban parks will be made based on the response from private players.