The musical fountain at Deendayal Upadhyay park situated near Dudh Talai has restarted after a gap of almost 3 years. This is set to add to the tourists inflow in the park, which also boasts of a beautiful sunset point.

The start of musical fountain comes on back of UIT giving out tender for maintenance of the Deendayal Upadhyay park to a contractor for five years. As per the tender agreement, the contractor dismantled the earlier musical fountain and laid fresh musical fountain equipment in the park.

The chosen contractor will take care of the park maintenance and will also run the musical fountain. In lieu of the same, contractor will get to retain the entire entry fees that is charged from visitors. Visitors are currently charged Rs 5 per entry. The contractor will make an annual payment of Rs 79000 to UIT.

Contractor will also pay the electricity bill for the park. The contractor has also been given permission for running a canteen within the premises. As per terms of contract, the contract is valid for 5 years and post that the equipment related to musical fountain will be passed over to UIT.