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
Advisory Body to UNESCO Concerned Central Vista Project Will Alter Area s Built Footprint
COMOS has written to the Delhi Urban Arts Commission asking for details on the sanction provided for the project.
The Central Vista plan includes a new parliament building next to the current one. Photo: HCP Designs
Urban22/Dec/2020
New Delhi: Concerned about the prospective impact the Central Vista Redevelopment Project will have, the national committee of an advisory body to UNESCO had asked the Delhi Urban Arts Commission for details on the sanction provided for the new parliament building, the overall redevelopment project and how the new structures being planned will affect the skyline and exterior aesthetics of the area in New Delhi.
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a new parliament building on Thursday that critics have branded a “vanity project” that will have a disastrous impact on the capital’s environment.
The $121 million construction project is part of the Indian government’s $3 billion program to redevelop New Delhi’s historic Central Vista area, which stretches from the presidential palace to the India Gate war memorial and was designed for colonial authorities by British architects.
In a speech during the cornerstone ceremony, Modi said: “Today is a milestone in the history of India’s democratic history. It is an important stage in the history of India’s democratic history. Today is a historic day. Today is a day that in a way is like the foundation stone of our India.”