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.
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NEW DELHI: The 14-member Heritage Conservation Committee (HCC) headed by a top housing and urban affairs ministry official will soon take up the proposal for construction of the new Parliament Building and the Central Vista redevelopment project. The panel has nine government officials and four academicians from School of Planning and Architecture and Delhi University.
“We are ready with the proposal and it will be sent to the committee soon. All norms are being followed strictly. The Supreme Court has said that the approval of the HCC has to be obtained before starting work on the ground. We have maintained since the beginning that no heritage structure will be demolished during the redevelopment of Central Vista,” said an official of the housing and urban affairs ministry.