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Central Vista Project: Raining on Modi’s parade
India Gate, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, in New Delhi (Daniel Mennerich/Flickr) Published 30 Jun 2021 11:30 0 Comments
The face of New Delhi’s political heart, Lutyens Delhi (named after the British architect Edwin Lutyens who designed it) is a place of broad boulevards, imposing red sandstone buildings, flowing fountains and wide swathes of green space. Built between 1911 and 1931, the area was intended to be the centre of administration for the British Raj. It contains the main government buildings – the Rashtrapati Bhavan (formerly the Viceroy’s House), the Secretariat Buildings and Sansad Bhavan, or Parliament House. Even after the British left, Delhiites remained proud of, and awestruck by, its architectural beauty.
As many as 1,753 new trees will be transplanted and 2,000 tree saplings planted in the Central Vista area under the government s ambitious redevelopment plan, which will increase the overall green cover there, official sources said Sunday.
As per the proposed plan, 3,230 trees will be moved out of the Central Vista area and transplanted to the NTPC Eco Park in Badarpur after obtaining necessary clearance.