currently the open plot is used primarily to park vehicles according to primary estimates the park will cost about rs100110 crore and will take around five years to complete according to architects and environment activists associated with the project it involves minimal use of concrete the parking space will be completely covered with solar panels to generate about one megawatt of power which will provide electricity to the park a citybased green group has offered to donate seeds and saplings of a number of native plant species to the pmcgreen power technology has also been blended into the parks design this will be possible only after march due to the elections but that gives us adequate time to prepare said a senior official of the civic bodys garden department if there are any excesses we will integrate it in the state power grid hemant added the report will be forwarded to the commissioner and the civic body for approval he said that he has already put forward the plan to municipal commissioner kunal kumar he said that they have planned enough security features including emergency telephones for the park whenever one talks of refurbishing or beautifying a place authorities usually create concrete roads and benches instead we will elevate it from the ground level using mud and cover it with grass said corporator baguls son and architect hemant bagul a few adventure sport facilities such as a skateboarding ramp and a rockclimbing face are also a part of the plan to encourage more youngsters to participate in sports an artistic impression of the ecopark shows a wide range of landscaping amphitheatres cultural and sports facilities a cricket ground already in the premises but we will not use concrete to relay it a detailed project report also needs to be prepared in this regard however keeping the greenery around in mind lots of trees will be planted and there will be enough water resources at the site the plans and initial model images of the ecopark christened oxygenpark was released by sitting corporator and former deputy mayor aba bagul it will be a vast park so people may have concerns about their safety additionally we have made provisions for emergency phones at certain intervals in the complex which shall be connected to control rooms run by the pmc and the police in case visitors want to share any concerns he said pune a 107acre stretch of land owned by the pune municipal corporation pmc off the lush green taljai hill and forest area may be home to the first ecopark in the city what is slated to transform the oftvisited spot as per to pmc officials the projects size calls for a detailed report before proceeding ahead and may take upto five years to complete reviving a cricket ground in the premises will also involve little to no concrete after the park is commissioned developers claim the parking space itself will provide electricity for the ecopark a seperate portion of the