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Nehru Park underground parking & food court

★★★★★ 3.9 / 5 · 1,292 reviews⌖ Nehru Park, GuwahatiEntry #02 in Guwahati
Nehru Park underground parking & food court — photo 1

An underground parking facility and "Food Villa" food court, once pitched as a modern parking solution and community hangout, now sit abandoned, with the food court itself demolished.

On record

The official record states: "No detailed official cause statement found in available reporting."

Filed as "Abandoned / demolished" and dated to Cost/year not specified, this entry sits under the "Cost not specified" line of the public accounts.

What to expect

  • A ribbon-cutting photograph that aged faster than the structure.
  • Maintenance records that exist in principle.
  • A budget line that grew with the confidence of the project itself.
  • A file number that outlived several transfer postings.

Sourcing

1 public source — news reports, RTI replies and civic archives — corroborate this entry. The citation trail is listed below for anyone who would like to follow up with the department concerned.

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Sources

  • https://www.guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/crores-wasted-as-nehru-parks-parking-lies-abandoned-and-food-court-demolished

Visitor reviews

“Showed up with a guidebook that had already given up on it. The foundation stone has outlasted two governments.”
IK I. Krishnan · Guwahati★★★★★
“Came here instead of the museum and regret nothing. It relieves congestion the way a second problem relieves the first.”
BA B. Agarwal · Guwahati★★★★★
“Found it by following a group of equally confused tourists. The site meeting quorum must exceed the site workforce.”
AV A. Verma · Guwahati★★★★★
Official RecordBL/GUW/NA/OTH
Status
Abandoned / demolished
Category
Other
Locality
Nehru Park
Year
Cost/year not specified
Cost to taxpayers
Cost not specified

How to get there

Located in Nehru Park, Guwahati, Assam. Routes and access change often on entries filed as "Abandoned / demolished" — check current local conditions before visiting.

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