MANASAROVAR NATURE PARKAt Guntur, A.P.

Presented for

Prime Minister’s Award for excellence in Urban Planning & Design

Concept, Layout, Structural design, Architecture, Supervision, and Photography

bySri K. Mangapathi Rao IAS,Vice Chairman VGTUDA.

Inaugurated on April 26th, 1999.

Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali Urban Development Authority.

WATER WORKS

DEER PARK

EXISTING TANK

WATCHTOWER

ELEVATED FOUNTAIN

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GUEST HOUSE

FOUNTAIN

AVIARY

MAIN ENTRANCE COMPLEX

CHILDRENS PARK

BOATING CHANNEL

FOOT BRIDGE

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COTTAGES

SCALE: 1”= 264’.0”

LAYOUT OFMANASAROVAR NATURE PARK, GUNTUR

EXTENT: Ac 53.00cents.

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.

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.

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.

Entrance

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

Pylon & Entrance

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

Exit

Masonary Foot BridgeCost : Line Estimate – Rs. 90 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 1.45 lakhs

Watch Tower – Semi-PrefabCost : Line Estimate – Rs. 50 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 1.69 lakhs

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs

Elevated Fountain

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs

Elevated Fountain (Under Construction)

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs

Elevated Fountain – Supporting Structure Below

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 35 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 12.2 lakhs

Elevated Fountain – With Fountain On

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 1.0 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.8 lakhs

Log House

Cost of Each: Conventional – Rs. 1.5 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.4 lakhs

Public Toilets – Men & Women

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

Boat House (Jetty Building – Front View)

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

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 12 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 1.8 lakhsFRP Twin Keeled Boat with OB Motor

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

Boating Channel

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 0.5 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.3 lakhs

Machan House

View from Watch Tower

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

Canteen

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 0.6 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.2 lakhs

Sit-Out

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

Aviary

Deer Park

Development Cost : Rs. 10 lakhs

Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary ( 3 km )

Manasarovar Park At Night

Twilight at Manasarovar Park

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 2 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 0.3 lakhs

Rest House (Built by NMRs)

Dancing Fountain

Cost : Conventional – Rs. 3 lakhs; Actual – Rs. 2.3 lakhs

Inauguration Pylon

Sunset on Uppalapadu Sanctuary

Cost Efficiency (Rs. In Lakhs)

Sl. No Item

Construction CostSavings

Conventional Actuals

1 Entrance Complex 50 .00 11.78 38.222 Exit Complex 25 .00 5.00 20.003 Watch Tower 25 .00 1.69 23.314 Canteen 60 .00 8.00 52.00

5 Masonary Foot Bridge 50 .00 1.45 48.55

6 RCC Bridge for vehicles 80 .00 2.50 77.50

7 RCC Pedestrian Bridge 50 .00 2.50 47.50

8 Elevated Fountain 35 .00 12.20 22.80

Cost Efficiency (Rs. In Lakhs)

Sl. No Item

Construction CostSavings

Conventional Actuals

9 Sit-Outs (4) 2.40 0.80 1.6010 Boating Channel 19 .00 9.14 9.86

11 Deepening and improvements to Tank 21 .00 10.17 10.83

12 Cottages 25 .00 3.00 22.0013 Boat House 30.00 4.00 26.0014 Pylon 8.00 0.80 7.2015 Consultancy (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 CroresReturns @ Rs. 5/- per head Rs. 0.50 Crores p.a.