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The enlargement of the Parliament constructing and the development of a brand new Parliament constructing will likely be performed by November 2022 and the prime minister’s residence will likely be constructed by December 2022.
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- Last Updated:May 04, 2021, 15:08 IST
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Slamming the Centre over its Central Vista challenge, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday mentioned that at a time when individuals are grappling with the scarcity of oxygen and vaccines in the nation, it will be higher if the federal government deploys all sources in saving lives as a substitute of constructing a brand new home for the prime minister. Her assault on the federal government came to visit studies that the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has knowledgeable a government-appointed professional panel that the development of the prime minister’s residence underneath the bold Central Vista challenge will likely be accomplished by December 2022.
”At a time when the individuals of the nation are fighting scarcity of oxygen, vaccines, hospital beds, medicines, it will be higher if the federal government deploys all sources in saving the lives of the individuals, as a substitute of constructing a brand new home for the PM at Rs 13,000 crore,” Priyanka Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi. ”Such bills ship a message to the general public that the priorities of the federal government are in another course,” the Congress normal secretary mentioned.
The CPWD, which is the challenge developer, knowledgeable the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) that the enlargement of the Parliament constructing and the development of a brand new Parliament constructing will likely be performed by November 2022 and the prime minister’s residence will likely be constructed by December 2022. The Ministry of Environment has already granted the clearance for the enlargement and renovation of the prevailing Parliament constructing, which is a part of the Rs 13,450 crore Central Vista Redevelopment Project.
The redevelopment challenge of the Central Vista — the ability hall of the nation — envisages a brand new triangular Parliament constructing, a Common Central Secretariat and the revamping of the three-km-long Rajpath from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and new residences for the prime minister and the vice chairman. The Opposition has been strongly opposing the challenge, demanding that each one sources must be deployed in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
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