Delhi to get its first multimedia tech library
Hindustan TimesThe Capital is set to get its first multimedia high tech library, the JP Narayan library at Mandir Marg by March next year, officials from the New Delhi Municipal Council said, adding that ₹14.6 crore has been sanctioned for the project. The library construction has missed its August 2024 completion target due to added specifications and the project cost was also ₹6.8 crore at the time of commissioning. The under-construction library consists of a three storey structure with lifts and a multipurpose hall on the ground floor and library halls on the first and second floors.” At a meeting on December 18, the council sanctioned additional funds for completing the civil work, furniture, and fire-fighting works. NDMC officials said that the project was conceptualized by the union ministry of culture which had requested the NDMC for construction of JP Narayan library near Birla Mandir.