On his 73rd birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Delhi Airport Metro Express line extension from Dwarka Sector 21 and opened Phase 1 of the India International Convention and Expo Centre, also called ‘Yashobhoomi’. Yashobhoomi is slated to become one of the world's largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) facilities.
Delhi Metro will also increase the operational speed of Metro trains on the Airport Express Line from 90 to 120 km/hr reducing the travel time. The total journey from ‘New Delhi’ to ‘Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25’ will take about 21 minutes.
One Of World's Largest MICE
With a total project area of over 8.9 lakh square metres and a total built-up area of more than 1.8 lakh square metres, the ‘Yashobhoomi’ Convention Centre would be one of the world’s largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) facilities.
‘Developed at a cost of around Rs. 5400 crore, 'Yashobhoomi' boasts of a magnificent Convention Centre, multiple Exhibition halls and other facilities.
According to the official statement, the operationalisation of Phase 1 of the India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) named 'Yashobhomi' in Dwarka would support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of having a world-class infrastructure for hosting meetings, conferences, and exhibits in the country.
"With a total project area of over 8.9 lakh square metres and a total built-up area of more than 1.8 lakh square metres, YashoBhoomi will find its place among the world’s largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) facilities. The Convention Center, built across over 73 thousand square metres of area, comprises 15 convention rooms including the Main Auditorium, the Grand Ballroom and 13 meeting rooms with a total capacity of 11,000 delegates. The Convention centre has the largest LED media facade in the country," reads the official statement.
YashoBhoomi will be connected to the Delhi Airport Metro Express line with the inauguration of the new Dwarka Sector 25 metro station.
Capacity To Host 11,000 Delegates
Built across more than 73 thousand square metres of area, 'Yashobhoomi' comprises 15 convention rooms including the main auditorium, the grand ballroom and 13 meeting rooms with a capacity to host 11,000 delegates. The convention centre has the largest LED media facade in the country. The plenary hall can also hold up to 6,000 guests and is equipped with a seating capacity of around 6,000 guests. The auditorium flaunts one of the most innovative automated seating systems which allows the floor to be flat or an auditorium-style tiered seating for different requirements.
The grand ballroom with the capacity to host 2,500 guests has been adorned with with a unique petal ceiling and also has an extended open area that can seat up to 500 people. The 13 meeting rooms are spread across eight floors to hold a variety of meetings of different scales.
‘Yashobhoomi’ also boasts one of the largest exhibition halls in the world which is built across over 1.07 lakh square metres and would be utilised for hosting exhibitions, trade fairs, and business events, and is connected to a grand foyer space which is uniquely designed with a copper ceiling which filters light in the space through the various skylights. The foyer will house various support areas such as Media rooms, VVIP lounges, Cloak facilities, visitor information centre, and ticketing among others.
'Yashobhoomi' takes inspiration from the Indian culture and uses materials and objects inspired by it in the form of terrazzo floors with Brass inlay representing rangolis patterns, suspended sound-absorbent metal cylinders and lit-up patterned walls.