The new building will be located on plot number 118 of the Parliament estate. (File)
New Delhi:
Preparatory work for the new parliament building has started and agencies have started digging soil in land where the structure will be erected, officials said Thursday.
Last month, Tata Projects Limited won the tender to construct a new parliament building next to the existing one as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project.
It is expected to be completed in approximately 22 months from the start of construction. The new building will be located on plot number 118 of the Parliament estate.
“One of the receptions for the entrance to the Parliament building is being moved to expand the traffic space for heavy vehicles,” an official said.
He said small CPWD offices and a power plant had been moved from the plot to clear the way for the new parliament building, adding that excavation work had started.
Another official said work on moving two entrances to the existing Parliament building had also started.
The Central Vista redevelopment project – the country’s electricity corridor – envisions a new triangular parliament building, a joint central secretariat and the renovation of the 3 km long Rajpath from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate
More MPs can be accommodated in the new building as the strength of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha may increase after the constituencies are delineated. It will have spacious seats for around 1,400 MPs. The building will be a reinforced cement concrete frame structure.
According to the CPWD, the existing Parliament building will continue to operate during the entire period of the project. Once the new building is completed, the existing building will be used for other purposes.
Last month, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Lok Sabha that the Central Vista redevelopment project would generate a large number of direct and indirect jobs which could be “a point important support for economic recovery “.
In his written response to a question, Mr Puri said: “In the current economic scenario, the project will generate a large number of direct and indirect jobs which could be an important fulcrum for economic recovery.”
He also said that the estimated cost for the construction of the new parliament building was Rs 971 crore.
Regarding the rationale for the need for the project, the Minister said that the existing Parliament building was inaugurated in 1921 and commissioned in 1927 and therefore the building was already 93 years old, adding that its facilities and its equipment was “very inadequate”. to meet the current demand of Parliament.
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