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With the existent contractor expressing unwillingness to run and support the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Park astatine Sree Garden successful Surampatti, the Corporation has decided to invitation a caller relation to tally the facility.
Established nether the Smart Cities Mission astatine ₹9.50 crore, the parkland covers 48,900 sq. ft. and features subject and mathematics gadgets, improvement exhibits, a subject sphere, an indoor gallery, an observatory dome with a telescope, and a abstraction zone. The afloat air-conditioned integer planetarium has a 360-degree dome with a high-end projection strategy for screening videos connected astronomical and expedition topics. The parkland includes a play portion for children.
Ankidyne, a shaper and installer of subject parkland exhibits, was licensed to run the parkland from October 2023 to September 2024 and it was extended till September 2025. However, pursuing the caller demise of its founder, the institution handed implicit attraction to the civic assemblage connected September 30, 2025.
The Corporation had fixed entranceway and enactment fees, including those for trampoline and sky-watching equipment, and accrued its gross stock from 15% to 25% past year.
A elder Corporation technologist said the yearly attraction outgo is astir ₹16.04 lakh, covering salaries, repairs, and different expenses. “It is not feasible for the Corporation to support the parkland directly. Hence, a caller contractor volition beryllium appointed done tender. A deposit of ₹10 lakh has been fixed,” the authoritative said, adding that the Corporation volition negociate the parkland temporarily until a caller relation takes charge.
