The decision to hand over the six swimming pools of the civic body located at Kutcha Bagh (Chandni Chowk), Shalimar Bagh, Prashant Vihar, Rohini Sector III, Majlis Park and Keshav Puram, on a monthly licence fee to outside agency selected through e-auction, was taken at a recent meeting of NDMC standing committee, said a senior municipal corporation officer.
The committee also approved the fee structure to be adopted by the selected private agency. The revised rates for municipal, government and aided school children will be Rs 300 instead of the existing Rs 200.
The civic body took the decision owing to the acute financial scarcity faced by it. Last year (2014-15) the swimming pools earned a revenue of Rs 13.31 lakh, while Rs 9.57 lakh was spent on their repair and maintenance.
Work for repair and maintenance of the pools could not be undertaken due to severe financial constraints faced by the civic body in the current year, he said.
The NDMC has fixed a minimum reserved monthly licence fee of Rs 75,000 for each of the six swimming pools. The selected bidder will have to submit a security deposit totalling six months' licence fee within ten days from the date of issue of the acceptance letter by the civic body, he said.