The response by the housing and urban affairs ministry is to Alpana Kishore’s piece titled ‘Central Vista is an illegitimate monument to deceit’. We are publishing the response in full.
No iconic building to be demolished for central vista proj
By IANS |
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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.
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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.
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An aerial perspective of the entire Central Vista project. Photo: HCP Designs
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The Supreme Court, in a 2:1 verdict on January 5, has held that there is no infirmity in the grant of âno objectionâ by the Central Vista Committee (CVC) and âapprovalâ by the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) and âprior approvalâ by the Heritage Conservation Committee (HCC) to the Central Vista Project, for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone on December 10 last year.