Stressing upon the need for a new Parliament building, the Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the current one is "unsafe" as when it had been constructed, it was in Seismic Zone II, but now that area lies in Seismic Zone IV.
Explained: Myths And Realities About The Central Vista Project
The ministry said that Rs 20,000 crore is gross rough estimate of all the planned development/redevelopment works.
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The Centre has released a document to bust the myths around the Central Vista project, which has been used by the Congress to attack the government.
In a release, the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs mentioned about the funds for the project, environmental issues surrounding it and other things. Recently, Union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri attacked the Congress terming the opposition’s objections “bizarre.”