No iconic building to be demolished for central vista proj
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Wed, Mar 17 2021 14:21 IST |
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Hardeep singh puri in parliament today. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 17 : Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed the Rajya Sabha that for the central vista project no iconic and historical buildings will be demolished and in the first phase of the project new parliament will be ready by 2022.
The Minister said that there is still no proposal on the usage of the old parliament building except suggestions from various quarters.
He also said after the project was ready it would accommodate around 50,000 employees and would have an underground shuttle system for accessibility.
08 February 2021
Work on the Rs5,000 crore Central Vista project started with the Bhoomi Poojan ceremony of the Central Vista Avenue performed by Hardeep S Puri, minister of state for housing and urban affairs, at India Gate on Thursday.
With this ceremony, the work has started for the development/ redevelopment of Central Vista Avenue starting from North and South Block to India Gate, that includes the Rajpath, its adjoining lawns and canals, rows of tree, Vijay Chowk and the India Gate plaza over a 3 km-long stretch.
This was originally designed to be a grand processional pathway to the Viceroy’s House during the British Raj. It was appropriated by the people of India and their government after Independence.
Central Vista: Demand For More Consultations Is Code For Giving Vested Interests Right To Veto
by R Jagannathan - Jan 7, 2021 10:12 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Carrying democratic consultation to its logical extreme means deadlock and stagnation.
One of the big points of disagreement among those opposed to the Central Vista redevelopment project in Lutyens Delhi, which includes a new and more spacious parliament building, is that not enough consultation was done with the public on the issue.
Justice Khannaâs dissent had no problems with the project bid notice or the award of the consultancy contract or the Delhi Urban Arts Commissionâs nod for the project, but about the lack of public consultation which âinspires and connects common people to the citadels of our democracyâ.
Central Vista: Citizenâs Collective Urges Environment Ministry Not to Accept CPWDâs Latest Proposal
The Expert Appraisal Committee has granted conditional approval to the new terms of reference for the development or redevelopment of various buildings under the Central Vista project.
Map of the Central Vista. Photo: Google Arts and Culture
Government02/Jan/2021
New Delhi: The conditional approval granted by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to the new terms of reference for the development or redevelopment of various buildings under the Central Vista project has been criticised by a citizenâs collective on the grounds that this evaluation is piecemeal and hasn’t looked at the alternatives. Also, the group of architects, urban planners, historians and politicians has charged that such an assessment only diverts additional public money when the Supreme Courtâs final decision on the project